There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Recitation: by Male by Female
I had a very unusual contract. Most artists actually pay for their record dates and it comes out of their royalties. I paid for nothing.
Jo Stafford
NothingPayOutContractArtists
I'm lucky.
Andrea Arnold
Lucky
I sang 'All Of Me' at the wedding. I sang 'Stay With You' from my first album. And then Stevie Wonder came up and sang 'Ribbon In the Sky.' It was impromptu... It was cool... He's always been a friend and a mentor to me.
John Legend
FriendSkyMeCoolWeddingYou
I made a real specific decision when I came out of school and most artists were writing about home - if you were a woman, you were writing about being a woman - and I decided not to do that, write about what you know. That's not what I do. I went as far away from home as possible in terms of the development of my imagination.
Anna Deavere Smith
HomeDecisionImaginationWomanYou
That is a strange phenomenon, people pretending to be other people.
Andy Samberg
PeopleStrangePretendingOther
The strongest passion is fear.
Jean de La Fontaine
FearPassionStrongest
I think I'm a difficult conventional writer.
Tom Stoppard
ThinkDifficultWriterI Think
Abortion is defended today as a means of ensuring the equality and independence of women, and as a solution to the problems of single parenting, child abuse, and the feminization of poverty.
Robert Casey
WomenTodayParentingChildEquality
I let people say and write what they want.
Ruud van Nistelrooy
PeopleSayWantWritePeople Say
There are people who love on weekends to go out when the sun comes out. I just want to lie in bed and watch sports and relax.
Juan Pablo Galavis
TravelWeatherMiamiLikeMuchLot
In the winter, I enjoy cross-country skiing and raising orchids and amaryllises. If I could grow tropical flowers as perennials, I would, especially hibiscus and mandavilla.
Diane Ackerman
WinterFlowersSkiingGrowEnjoy
The reason why I play 'Madden' is because in 'Madden,' I can control everything, and in the game of life and the game of football, you can't. It's kind of like an outlet.
Doug Baldwin
LifeFootballControlGameYouPlay
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