Art is born of humiliation.
W. H. Auden
Recitation: by Male by Female
I fantasize about having a manual job where I can come home at night, read a book and not feel responsible for what will happen the next day.
Jodie Foster
HomeDayJobNightBookFeel
I think that Gov. Huckabee is one of us. I know that a lot of the other candidates try to talk like evangelicals, but he's actually one of us. He believes like we do on all the issues, which energizes me as a voter.
Jerry Falwell, Jr.
MeThinkKnowTryTalkUs
I was thrilled when this year's National Book Award for Young People's Literature went to Neal Schusterman's 'Challenger Deep.' This brilliant book takes you into the mind of a mentally ill teenager and deserves all the accolades it's received.
John Corey Whaley
PeopleMindBookDeepAwardYear
I found one remaining box of comics which I had saved. When I opened it up and that smell came pouring out, that old paper smell, I was struck by a rush of memories, a sense of my childhood self that seemed to be contained in there.
Michael Chabon
MemoriesChildhoodSelfSmellBox
Progressive leaders always try to take action on the forward edge of that movement, movement toward greater respect for the equal rights of all.
Martin O'Malley
RespectActionForwardEdgeMovement
I'm lively and gay by nature.
Monica Vitti
NatureGayLively
'Law and Order' is completely story-driven and completely characterless, really. If you do that format for five years and you're an actor, you're bound to get bored. It wears on you. And it was really wearing on me.
Chris Noth
MeLawYouActorYearsBored
I sculpted for four or five years. Mostly for my own amusement, I decided to do a picture book, and that was kind of a turning point.
Chris Van Allsburg
BookPictureKindMy OwnYearsOwn
I tend to get bored quickly, which means I must be boring.
Anthony Hopkins
BoringBoredMustGetMeansQuickly
The biggest thing you can do is understand that every time you're going to the grocery store, you're voting with your dollars. Support your farmers' market. Support local food. Really learn to cook.
Alice Waters
TimeFoodSupportVotingLearnYou
I was arrested when I was 19 for inciting a riot.
Wyatt Cenac
RiotArrested
If we want to talk about Gross Natural Product, we have to talk about the King of Bhutan's index of Gross National Happiness, too. Certainly I have found, as many travellers before me, that people in the poorest places are often the readiest to shower me, from an affluent country, with hospitality and kindness.
Pico Iyer
KindnessHappinessKingPeopleMe
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