I love life in spite of all that mars it. I love friendship, jokes and laughter.
Tahar Ben Jelloun
Recitation: by Male by Female
But I always need to identify with a character to write about him or her - and by 'identify,' I mean see the world through that person's eyes and have a strong sense of the inner logic of their acts and decisions, wacky or wrongheaded though they might be. In that sense, I think there's some of me in all of them.
Jennifer Egan
CharacterEyesMeWorldThinkLogic
I have the foundation to write, and then I go back and do research, and some of that might influence the recrafting of certain scenes.
Amor Towles
ResearchInfluenceFoundationBack
Each section of the British Isles has its own way of laughing, except Wales, which doesn't.
Stephen Leacock
WayOwnBritishLaughingExcept
I went to the museum where they had all the heads and arms from the statues that are in all the other museums.
Steven Wright
MuseumMuseumsWhereStatuesArms
I knew Sinatra for 38 years. He was like my father. Frank Sinatra was my 'dad.' He treated me like his son. He gave me the best advice about singing, about this and that... He was a very sensitive man, very astute, one of the sharpest men that I ever met in my life.
Trini Lopez
LifeFatherSonBestMenMan
I view investors as our partners and stakeholders in the company. They are trying to build financial models. What I try to focus on is helping them understand how we think.
Ruth Porat
FocusThinkFinancialViewTrying
Bills should go through committee.
Mitch McConnell
GoCommitteeThroughBillsShould
It's so difficult to shock America these days.
Judd Apatow
AmericaDifficultDaysShock
I've got to get my cardio up. I'm usually known as the fitness guy on the Stanford team, but not 70 to 80 plays a game, so I've definitely got to step that up. But I'm all about it.
Devon Cajuste
FitnessStepTeamGameUpGuy
I am a simple man.
Bruno Tonioli
SimpleManI AmAm
I like America anyway. In Japan we are much more formal. If two friends are separated for a long time and they meet they bow and bow and bow. They keep bowing without exchanging a word. Here they slap each other on the back and say: Hello, old man, how goes everything.
Sessue Hayakawa
TimeManFriendsAmericaOld Man
I want to do everything and be good at it.
Shanice Williams
GoodWantEverything
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