Pamela Druckerman Quotes

Unlike the time sink of binge-watching a TV series, podcasts actually made me more efficient. Practically every dull activity - folding laundry, applying makeup - became tolerable when I did it while listening to a country singer describing his hardscrabble childhood, or a novelist defending her open marriage.

Pamela Druckerman

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It's also natural in that part of the world to blame what people view as the... as the most important authority in the region, and that currently is the United States of America.

John Abizaid

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Art is the provocation for talking about enigma and the search for sense in human life. One can do that by telling a story or writing about a fresco by Giotto or studying how a snail climbs up a wall.

John Berger

LifeArtWritingStorySearchWall

No matter what you say in carefully chosen sentences, girls will detect both the spoken and unspoken messages.

Megan Shull

YouSayWillMatterChosenSpoken

That whole concept of team and teamwork and team first - that's how Israel, in my opinion, has survived in the Middle East.

Robert Kraft

TeamworkTeamOpinionFirstMiddle

Marriage brings one into fatal connection with custom and tradition, and traditions and customs are like the wind and weather, altogether incalculable.

Soren Kierkegaard

MarriageWeatherWindConnection

When I went to Germany, all I knew were German swear words.

Son Heung-min

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When you watch 'Shark Tank,' everything is about off-shore this, off-shore that.

Tom Douglas

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There's timing. And then there's also certain people at the record company who worked incredibly hard and were incredibly enthusiastic about what I was doing.

Mary Chapin Carpenter

PeopleDoingTimingHardCompany

'Housewives' are a million times cattier than pageant girls! I know pageant girls have a reputation for being catty, but 'Housewives' are even cattier. But I do think that it's a total different world, and it can't compare.

Joyce Giraud

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I've always felt that there's a point where a piece seems to be alive, that is, living. And that's the point where I know the composition is finished.

David Tudor

AliveKnowLivingAlwaysPoint

Let me tell you the truth: I'm 45 years old. I never thought that I would live to see a black president.

Coolio

LiveTruthMeBlackThoughtYou

While writing, I tend to repeat the same song, endlessly, for thousands of times. This helps me ignore any lyrics, and helps create a consistent mood for each book.

Chuck Palahniuk

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