In some states, not even 50 percent of black boys finish high school.
Tavis Smiley
Recitation: by Male by Female
If the press see you looking normal they can suddenly be 'oh, she's got a spot on her face, she's having a bad day'. That can be quite cruel.
Jennifer Ellison
DayLookingBad DayFaceYouBad
As a memoirist, I may claim to write the easier-to-remember things, but I could also just be writing to sweep them away. 'Don't bother me about my past,' I'll say, 'It's out in paperback now.'
Andre Aciman
PastMeWritingNowSayWrite
The bottom line is, winter navigation on the Seaway is a bad idea.
John M. McHugh
WinterBadLineBottomBad Idea
My dream was always to win a grand slam, and my second dream was to be No. 1.
Angelique Kerber
WinDreamAlwaysSecondGrandSlam
A work can become modern only if it is first postmodern. Postmodernism thus understood is not modernism at its end but in the nascent state, and this state is constant.
Jean-Francois Lyotard
WorkEndBecomeFirstModernOnly
One of the most striking signs of the decay of art is when we see its separate forms jumbled together.
Jean-Luc Godard
ArtTogetherSignsSeeDecayMost
I'm a dull person.
John Updike
PersonDull
I am opposed to heart attacks and cancer and strokes the way I am opposed to sin.
Mary Lasker
HeartI AmSinWayCancerStrokes
One thing that stands out throughout the entire year was that in South Dakota we are much more united than we are divided. Now the divided part creates news, but the united part is what moves us forward.
Mike Rounds
ForwardYearNewsNowMoreOut
I'd heard a lot about Dubai before I first visited and couldn't wait to go.
Mo Farah
WaitDubaiGoFirstBeforeAbout
I derive a lot of the values that I try to bring into the public sphere from my private faith.
Jared Polis
FaithValuesTryBringPublicLot
Red is the great clarifier - bright and revealing. I can't imagine becoming bored with red - it would be like becoming bored with the person you love.
Diana Vreeland
LoveGreatRedYouPersonBright
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