There were five children in my family, and arguing was how we used to entertain ourselves.
Jack Straw
Recitation: by Male by Female
I try to cope by doing what I do, what I find purpose and joy in. For me, that has been writing and playing ball. It doesn't make the pain go away, but what else can I do?
John Edgar Wideman
PurposePainJoyMeWritingDoing
You can't stand for too many things. You can't use the bully pulpit for too many things. So, I promise you, every day, I am going to talk about jobs, spending, and education.
Meg Whitman
EducationDayI AmStandYouTalk
Our audience tells us what they love, what they don't like, and - worst - what they don't care about.
Stephanie McMahon
LoveCareWorstAudienceUsLike
I just really want to make - to be cliche about it, I want to make pretty music. Like Roy Orbison or Elvis, man. Those guys made beautiful, tender music.
Sturgill Simpson
MusicBeautifulManWantPretty
As a writer, I'm convinced that encouraging children to write fiction, to hook into that marvelous machine called the imagination, has to be good for everyone.
Rodman Philbrick
GoodChildrenImaginationWrite
I was raised on government cheese. As an adult, in my first marriage, my husband and I worked real hard just to go bankrupt. I happened to write some jokes about it. I did real well for myself.
Roseanne Barr
MarriageMyselfGovernmentHusband
There were some that said if you hung in long enough, the world would catch on, and they have.
Roy Clark
WorldEnoughLongYouSaidCatch
Being a female athlete, sometimes your clothes don't fit right if you have a small waist and broad shoulders, or strong hips. And it's OK to embrace that.
Michelle Carter
SmallStrongClothesYouSometimes
I went through various stages in my childhood, as we all do, various stages of obsessions with people and things. And I did. I wanted to be the first white Harlem Globetrotter.
Johnny Depp
ChildhoodPeopleWhiteFirstThrough
Your basic, well-made novel by Ian McEwan or Jonathan Franzen just bores me silly.
David Shields
MeSillyJustYourBasicNovel
Morning is the best time to see movies.
Christopher Walken
MorningTimeBestMoviesSee
Sometimes it takes me a little longer to kick into my gears.
Brian Ortega
MeSometimesGearsLittleKick
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