I do things because I enjoy it. That used to be my downfall, but now it's the upside.
Waris Ahluwalia
Recitation: by Male by Female
To me many short poems read and write like beginnings that simply whet my appetite; I want to get over that.
John Barton
MeShortWantWriteOverBeginnings
When a government goes to war, particularly a democracy, it is the most solemn and awesome responsibility of our leaders - to decide to send our kids to go off and kill and die for us.
Joe Wilson
ResponsibilityGovernmentWarDieGo
When we push against who we naturally are, we feel stress, things don't progress easily, we beat ourselves up for getting crappy results, and everything is an effort.
Jen Sincero
StressProgressEffortFeelPushUp
For dinner parties, I love making an easy cioppino using shrimp, mussels, clams, and a hearty fish that won't fall apart easily.
Meghan Markle
LoveDinnerFishEasyFallShrimp
Many filmmakers portray teenagers as immoral and ignorant, with pursuits that are pretty base... But I haven't found that to be the case. I listen to kids. I respect them... Some of them are as bright as any of the adults I've met.
John Hughes
RespectBrightListenIgnorantKids
When Medicare was first enacted in 1965, it provided coverage for hospitalization, doctor visits and surgeries, but there was no coverage for prescription medications.
Michael C. Burgess
DoctorFirstMedicareVisits
African-Americans are always forced to learn the other culture, but the other culture is not forced to learn ours. I went to acting school at Juilliard, and we learned Shakespeare and Shaw, but we never did the work of a single African-American playwright, not August Wilson or Ntozake Shange or Imir Baraka.
Tracie Thoms
WorkCultureSchoolLearnActing
In my first start-up, I didn't get any salary for four years, so I had to move back with my parents.
Travis Kalanick
ParentsBackSalaryFirstYearsGet
Everyone wants a love song you can dance to.
Rita Ora
LoveDanceSongYouEveryoneWants
Whenever you make a movie, when it's done, as a filmmaker, you never sit there and say, 'Boy, I really got that right.' It's, 'Where did I screw up?'
Rod Lurie
YouDoneSayBoyNeverRight
Patriarchy is impotent and qualitatively unable to solve even the most simple problems in the cosmos such as picking up their own socks or placing a carton of milk back in the refrigerator after drinking from it.
Roseanne Barr
SimpleProblemsBackSocksMilkOwn
One in 150 kids is autistic these days. The autism spectrum is growing.
Luke Ford
GrowingDaysAutismKidsSpectrum
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