What America does best is produce the ability to accept failure.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Recitation: by Male by Female
I myself have been scrutinized by militarized police, but I know officers who actually handle themselves in a certain way that makes me feel safe.
Jidenna
MyselfPoliceMeFeelKnowWay
There are some fantastic roles for women and women of a certain age on television, whether it's 'Medium' or 'The Closer' or 'Damages' or 'Saving Grace.'
Megan Follows
WomenAgeGraceTelevisionCloser
I don't write for any group. I write to bring about a change in consciousness.
Jeanette Winterson
ChangeGroupWriteBringAboutAny
For any sport to be sustainable, it cannot survive on government or corporate grants alone. The sporting ecosystem needs more investments from businesses, and businesses need to see the returns from their investment in sport. Cricket has achieved that distinction, but I feel a country of a billion-plus people cannot remain captive to one sport.
Anand Mahindra
AloneGovernmentPeopleCricketFeel
I used to do this huge jump off the drum riser. I had a good way of landing so I wouldn't hurt myself, but then one time, I landed on my elbow.
St. Lucia
GoodTimeMyselfHurtJumpWay
The rush into scripted video by tech giants is going to accelerate an evolution of entertainment that's already underway. We're already moving away from the idea that drama is a 60-minute exercise with four bathroom breaks.
Steven Levy
MovingExerciseEvolutionDramaRush
And, as soon as I could put together the, you know, three or four notes that made up, like, sort of a rock and roll lick, you know, like a Chuck Berry kind of thing, I was off and running. Just completely taken over.
Slash
TogetherRock And RollYouKnowRock
We don't make the rules. We just play by them.
Robby Gordon
RulesPlayMakeJustThem
I love the urgency of what we do. I like the battles that take place, the jousting.
Mike Wallace
LovePlaceUrgencyBattlesTake
I once saw a forklift lift a crate of forks. And it was way to literal for me.
Mitch Hedberg
MeLiftWaySawLiteralOnce
I'm not an activist. I'm trying to get off the whole atheist racket.
Julia Sweeney
TryingAtheistGetWholeOffRacket
I just wanted to kind of break down those gender stereotypes and just say everyone's equal, everyone's their own person, everyone's their own individual.
Little Simz
GenderDownPersonStereotypesKind
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