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I grew up in a place where everybody was a storyteller, but nobody wrote. It was that kind of Celtic, storytelling tradition: everybody would have a story at the pub or at parties, even at the clubs and raves.

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I started spending time at stables with my daughter while she was riding. I was reminded of my love for the form and different aspects of the horse. Then I thought about the bit, halter, and bridle in terms of how we harness and ride this animal. There were a lot of interesting elements to explore.

Jill Greenberg

LoveDaughterTimeRideAnimalShe

Even though the money is great and the fame is great, you still have a lot of disenfranchised young men that are participating in the NFL that are not very happy. A lot of them are very bitter. A lot them are very angry. So many of them have had no fathers and no home life, and basically, no education.

Jim Brown

LifeEducationHomeGreatMoneyMen

This story is based on a gentleman who indeed did... used to come to my parents' house in 1971 from Bangladesh. He was at the University of Rhode Island. And I was four, four years old, at the time, and so I actually don't have any memories of this gentleman.

Jhumpa Lahiri

MemoriesTimeParentsGentlemanOld

The second fundamental feature of culture is that all culture has an element of striving.

Johan Huizinga

CultureStrivingSecondElement

Asians narratively in shows are insignificant. They're the cop or the waitress or whatever it is. You see them in the background.

John Cho

YouSeeWhateverInsignificantCop

Literature, the most seductive, the most deceiving, the most dangerous of professions.

John Morley

LiteratureDangerousMostSeductive

I'm not interested in rumours; what counts is winning with Inter.

Mauro Icardi

WinningNot InterestedInterested

Straight after the Prescott fight, people were saying, 'He's finished. He's not going to come back.' There were only racial remarks made. But, you know what, it made me stronger. It made me come back even stronger. It made me a better fighter.

Amir Khan

FightPeopleMeSayingBetterYou

I think, in my life, there've been three times I've broken down into tears on a set because I was happy.

Stephen Tobolowsky

LifeBrokenHappyTearsThinkDown

I was in Berkeley when the food energy in America was in Berkeley. Then it moved to Los Angeles, and I went to Los Angeles. It moved to New York, and I went there.

Ruth Reichl

FoodNew YorkEnergyAmericaNew

You have to use what you know to make a part real.

Chrissy Metz

YouKnowRealMakeUsePart

I'm actually starting to like more and more people who have convictions that are unpopular.

Bono

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