We signed up for Showtime, which I think put us on a Homeland Security list somewhere.
Kate Clinton
Recitation: by Male by Female
Inaugural speeches are supposed to be huge and stirring. Presidents haul our heroes onstage, from George Washington to Martin Luther King Jr. George W. Bush brought the Liberty Bell. They use history to make greatness and achievements seem like something you can just take down from the shelf.
John Dickerson
HistoryGreatnessKingYouDown
The thing with gymnastics is people don't always know the events. So they'll ask me about the rings, and I'll have to say, 'Women don't do that.' Or they'll use the wrong words, like horse instead of vault. They get confused.
McKayla Maroney
WomenWordsPeopleMeConfusedKnow
White-on-white crime is a devastation in America like so-called black-on-black crime. It's not black or white-on-white crime. It's proximity murder.
Michael Eric Dyson
BlackAmericaCrimeLikeProximity
I never thought getting older would be so great. But when it comes to depression, I have experienced less the older I've gotten.
Amy Grant
GreatDepressionGetting OlderNever
Regardless of its causes, thoughtlessly blaming the present is a weakness which, even if it is never outlawed, ought to be resisted. Though commonly flaunted as a sign of sophistication, it can be an opportunity for one-upmanship and an excuse for misanthropy, especially against the young.
Steven Pinker
OpportunityPresentWeaknessYoung
At the root of any societal issue is human truth, especially those truths we find hard to confront.
Steve Stoute
TruthFindHumanHardRootThose
I knew when I shot the 'She Keeps Me Warm' video that the comments were not going to be homophobic... that they would be about fat-shaming. I'm a large girl making out with somebody. I knew just that sheer fact would set people off.
Mary Lambert
GirlPeopleMeWarmSheOut
Being a female comic and getting a Comedy Central special is an honor because not a lot of women get that.
Loni Love
WomenHonorComedySpecialGet
Banking was conceived in iniquity and born in sin.
Josiah Stamp
BornSinBankingConceivedIniquity
The simple, stupefying truth that, as a woman, I am a minute ocean, in the dark tropic of whose womb eggs lay coded as roe, floating in the sea that wet-nursed us all, moved me deeply.
Diane Ackerman
TruthSeaSimpleOceanWomanI Am
Definition of love differs for different humans. If I will talk about me then its something that makes you forget about everything else.
Dhanush
LoveMeYouForgetWillTalk
My mother was really young when she had me, so she was a horrible cook, but we lived with my grandmother, who was fantastic. We eventually got our own place, and my mother started learning to cook. But it was also the '70s, so she was very experimental, and, well - thank God we had a dog.
Debi Mazar
DogLearningMotherGodMePlace
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