I think most fiction focuses on uncomfortable settings because that's interesting.
N. K. Jemisin
Recitation: by Male by Female
I am not a perfect servant. I am a public servant doing my best against the odds. As I develop and serve, be patient. God is not finished with me yet.
Jesse Jackson
PatienceGodBestI AmMeDoing
And there's always one special element. In 'There Goes My Baby,' it's the out-of-tune timpani. 'Stand by Me,' it's the bass pattern. Of course, all the elements come together to make a great record. But there's always one standout.
Jerry Leiber
GreatTogetherMeBabyStandAlways
A society that is all self-interest and no comradeship is not a society at all. But a society that is all comradeship and no self-interest is also not a society; it is a sect - or, on the largest scale, totalitarianism.
Meir Soloveichik
SocietySelf-InterestScaleAlso
Most of the women that I like have a haunted quality - they're sort of like women who live in a haunted house all by themselves.
John Malkovich
WomenLiveQualityHouseLikeMost
Housing traditionally is not viewed as a great investment. It takes maintenance; it depreciates. It goes out of style. All of those are problems. And there's technical progress in housing. So, new ones are better. So, why was it considered an investment? That was a fad.
Robert J. Shiller
GreatStyleProgressProblemsBetter
Women are starting something like twice as many companies as men, but the money is primarily going to companies started by men.
Anita Borg
WomenMoneyMenStartingGoingLike
The very essence of architecture consists of a variety and development reminiscent of natural organic life. This is the only true style in architecture.
Alvar Aalto
LifeStyleArchitectureTrueVariety
Geometry was the first exciting course I remember.
Steven Chu
RememberGeometryFirstExciting
I'd happily cover the British Open every year until St. Andrews slides into the sea or Scotland runs out of beer, whichever happens first.
Steve Rushin
SeaBeerYearFirstOpenOut
It is hardly surprising that women concentrate on the way they look instead of what is in their minds since not much has been put in their minds to begin with.
Mary Shelley
WomenLookWayMindsBeginBeen
Dost thou know what life is, my child? Hast thou comprehended the action of those springs which produce existence? Hast thou examined thyself?
Jules Verne
LifeChildActionKnowExistence
Spacewalking trumps everything. Viscerally, it is a phenomenal place to be; to be able to glance right and see the world, glance left and see the universe, and realise for a moment that you're holding on to your known existence with one hand. That's the thing.
Chris Hadfield
MomentWorldUniverseYouPlaceSee
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