Time stays, we go.
H. L. Mencken
Recitation: by Male by Female
Last month, the House of Representatives passed the Veterans Opportunity to Work Act, which would provide training and assistance to unemployed veterans, and break down bureaucratic barriers preventing them from finding work. It's smart legislation that members of both parties support, and I'm pleased the Senate passed it.
Joe Heck
WorkOpportunityTrainingSupport
I said, wouldn't it be nice, instead of having these women fight with each other over men, which seems to be more of a cliche, wouldn't it be wonderful if they were the true comrades and it took these men much more time to infiltrate their friendships.
Jennifer Beals
WomenTimeMenFightBe NiceNice
When I was 20, I wanted to be famous and win a Grammy and have people respect and love me.
Andra Day
LoveRespectPeopleMeWinLove Me
One must be aesthetically long-termist in selecting a man - it's like purchasing a farmhouse in the south of France. Sure, it's beautiful to look at, but will the roof stay on?
Robert Rinder
BeautifulManLookWillRoofStay
Between 2007 and 2010, the average white family experienced an 11% reduction in wealth, but the average black family lost 31% of its wealth. The average Hispanic family lost 44.7%.
Matthew Desmond
FamilyBlackWealthWhiteLost
People regurgitate the same old cliches and it becomes like a photocopy of a photocopy of something that's vaguely interesting.
Steve Coogan
PeopleInterestingOldSameLike
As you know from reading many of these Negro writers, we don't deal too much with the discussion of democracy and what it means and how improvisation fits in all that.
Stanley Crouch
DemocracyReadingYouToo MuchKnow
If you've never felt that you quite got a hold of it, you just feel that before you die, you've got to try and get it right once. And hope that the experience you have makes up for the some of the diminishing energy.
Robert Wyatt
HopeExperienceEnergyFeelDieYou
Wishing there were more children's books like 'The Snowy Day' is a bit like wishing there were more grownup books like 'Anna Karenina.' There are only so many masterpieces out there.
Rumaan Alam
ChildrenDayMoreOutOnlyBooks
The body cannot lie. You cannot be somebody else onstage, no matter how good of an actor or dancer or singer you are. When you open your arms, move your finger, the audience knows who you are, you know.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
GoodLieYouBodyKnowActor
Modern slavery is a hidden crime and notoriously difficult to measure.
Mo Ibrahim
SlaveryMeasureHiddenDifficult
The silencing of the rainforests is a double deforestation, not only of trees but a deforestation of the mind's music, medicine and knowledge.
Jay Griffiths
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