For a long time, I've been interested in cultural memory and historical erasure.
Natasha Trethewey
Recitation: by Male by Female
Those of Manhattan are the brokers on Wall Street and they talk of people who went to the same colleges; those from Queens are margin clerks in the back offices and they speak of friends who live in the same neighborhood.
Jimmy Breslin
LivePeopleSpeakFriendsBackWall
There's so much more important parts other than pole vaulting.
Jenn Suhr
ImportantMoreThanMuchPoleParts
Courage - you develop courage by doing small things like just as if you wouldn't want to pick up a 100-pound weight without preparing yourself.
Maya Angelou
CourageSmall ThingsYourselfSmall
There are good characters and bad characters.
Matt Stone
GoodBadCharacters
I don't want to fly the flag for being unhealthy and overweight, but I don't want to fly the flag for being too thin, either.
Martine McCutcheon
FlyWantFlagBeingOverweightThin
I hear from my Inuit and Yupik relatives up north that everything has changed. It's so hot; there is not enough winter. Animals are confused. Ice is melting.
Joy Harjo
WinterConfusedEnoughIceAnimals
A lot of the people in Northern California and parts of Oregon have decided that we are not on the same page as San Francisco and Portland and Los Angeles. I don't know if six states is a solution because is Washington, D.C. and the rest of the country really going to give California 10 new senators?
Doug LaMalfa
PeopleRestSolutionCountryKnow
Science is a way of life. Science is a perspective. Science is the process that takes us from confusion to understanding in a manner that's precise, predictive and reliable - a transformation, for those lucky enough to experience it, that is empowering and emotional.
Brian Greene
LifeSciencePerspectiveExperience
Chanel No. 5 is my perfume when I'm feeling like a lady. It's old-school and warm - and it reminds me of my mom.
Phoebe Tonkin
MeMomWarmLadyFeelingPerfume
What has now become conventional in terms of digital marketing and the discovery of new talent was once very unconventional - and people forget that.
Scooter Braun
TalentPeopleDiscoveryNewForget
I try to get a vision of the future, and then I try to figure out where the discontinuities are.
Nolan Bushnell
FutureVisionTryOutWhereGet
Children without access to quality early education programs start kindergarten with an 18-month disadvantage, and that gap continues to widen. By the time they are in fourth grade, many cannot do math or read at grade level.
Mark Shriver
EducationChildrenTimeQuality
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