Folks don't like to have somebody around knowing more than they do.
Harper Lee
Recitation: by Male by Female
I was born into a Turkish family that had acquired Italian citizenship. Many members of the family subsequently became British, French, Brazilian, and German, so there was a bit of everything. It was not uncommon for people in the family to speak seven languages: English, French, Ladino, Italian, Turkish, Arabic, and even Greek.
Andre Aciman
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In the north east, there, they have had quite a bit of government offices moving in. It's not a new policy.
John Prescott
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My dream job is to be the Robin to Anderson Cooper's Batman.
Sophia Bush
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I understood once I held a baby in my arms, why some people have the need to keep having them.
Spalding Gray
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I wouldn't be young again even if it were possible, but I am not going to pretend that growing old is all sweetness and light.
Ruth Rendell
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It takes such a commitment of passion and energy and time, and it's all so encompassing to direct that you've got to see the bullseye, and you know you can hit it - or at least get awfully close.
Jonathan Mostow
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I want to paint Montreal as a rather fantastic city, which it was, because nobody knows today what it was like. And I'm one of the last survivors, or rapidly becoming one.
Christopher Plummer
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The big post-election story if Obama wins the presidency will be in the hands of the ethically embattled Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich. He's not very popular, and has a chance to use his power to appoint an Obama replacement as a step in the direction of political rehabilitation.
Chuck Todd
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I think there's always merit in getting out of our ideological silos and being exposed to points of view with which we don't always agree.
Bret Stephens
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Every city has a town outside with a lake. I pull out my fishing pole and fish. I've been doing that for a long time.
Brandi Carlile
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When I appointed the Minister of the Environment to major cabinet status, the Planning and Priorities committee, the signals that that sent through Ottawa were major, because that's what the bureaucracy understands.
Brian Mulroney
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I've always drawn on bits and pieces of my own life.
Armistead Maupin
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