I've had asthma my entire life.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Recitation: by Male by Female
One day, I just got up to read a poem and started singing. I looked around - the reaction was great. And I said, 'Oh, boy. I like this.'
Jill Scott
GreatDaySingingSaidBoyOne Day
It's such a strange combination that I'd be unhappy to make anything like that without Landis directing.
Jenny Agutter
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There is a reason it used to be a crime in the Confederate states to teach a slave to read: Literacy is power.
Matt Taibbi
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Athletes often start life at the opposite end of the wealth and prestige spectrum, but as soon as they exhibit an unusual talent for swinging a bat or sinking a free-throw they may find that the rules have been suspended for them. They are waved through school and into the pros, and incidents of bad behavior are overlooked or covered up.
Jeffrey Kluger
LifeSchoolTalentStartEndRules
There's a lot going on in country music, with indie-label hipsters and underground bloggers arguing their interpretations of what country is, and pop-country stars defending themselves. That deserves to be poked fun at.
Sturgill Simpson
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Peter Townshend shows us it's all right to grow up. There is dignity after rock'n'roll.
Sting
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I've always been fascinated by the Norsemen, their lives, history and cosmology. The more we study them the more interesting they become... breaking their own stereotypes. We usually think of them as barbarians, but there were aspects to their society that shows a tremendous level of civilization, sophistication and social advance.
Tracy Hickman
HistorySocietyThinkInteresting
When you want a thing done, 'Don't do it yourself' is a good motto for Scoutmasters.
Robert Baden-Powell
GoodMottoYourselfYouDoneWant
One can always debate questions back and forth.
Robert Bourassa
QuestionsBackDebateAlwaysForth
It used to be that if you got on 'The Tonight Show,' your career was made. Now, if you're on 'The Tonight Show,' maybe 14 more people show up to your gig in Tulsa.
Mike Birbiglia
PeopleYouCareerNowMoreUp
Gay men have to go through something to own their - who they are. They get beat up. They get ostracized. Whatever they go through, if they survive it, they come out very confident people.
Louis C. K.
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Nobody gave me anything. I conquered everything. And I gave them a lot more than they gave me back.
Jose Aldo
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