Gary Paulsen Quotes

My parents were brutal to each other, so I slept in the basement by an old coal-fired furnace. I became a street kid. Occasionally, I'd live with aunts or uncles, then I'd run away to live in the woods, trapping and hunting game to survive. The wilderness pulled at me; still does.

Gary Paulsen

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Latino kids are not rejected by their parents for being Latino, nor are most Muslims disowned by their parents for being Muslims, but those who are gay are often the target of their families' disapprobation or outright hostility.

Andrew Solomon

ParentsGayTargetLatinoKidsMost

My father saw Islam as a way to connect with the community. He never went to prayer services except for big communal events. I am absolutely certain that my father did not go to services every Friday. He was not religious.

Maya Soetoro-Ng

FatherCommunityPrayerI AmFriday

I was a grad student at UC Berkeley when I bought my Apple II and it suddenly because a lot more interesting than school.

Andy Hertzfeld

SchoolInterestingAppleStudent

The misogyny that is in every culture is not a true part of the human condition. It is life out of balance, and that imbalance is sucking something out of the soul of every man and woman who's confronted with it.

Joss Whedon

LifeCultureWomanSoulManBalance

The whole point of a bar is, I look in your eyes, you look in my eyes, we've never met each other before, we talk, we get to know each other, have a drink together, and the great end of that story is we get married someday.

Jon Taffer

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The obligation of any judge is to decide the case before the court, and the nature of the issue presented will largely determine the appropriate scope of the principle on which its decision should rest.

David Souter

NatureDecisionRestJudgeWill

I use Revlon waterproof mascara. And then I love a smokey eye when I perform because I think it's important to make your eyes pop when you're on stage.

Ciara

LoveEyesEyeThinkYouImportant

The first country song I ever heard was Tim McGraw's 'Don't Take the Girl.'

Brett Young

GirlSongCountryFirstTakeEver

I consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet and I'll die like a poet.

Bob Dylan

LiveMyselfPoetryDieFirstPoet

Growing up, I just loved movies. It was how I saw the world, which I wanted to learn more about.

Brie Larson

Growing UpWorldLovedLearnGrowing

Basically, we are a whole world of people desperately trying to figure out what is the dark side of our natures and how much can we explore without becoming something else.

William Petersen

PeopleWorldTryingDarkDark Side

The success of a hat definitely lies with balancing the personality of the wearer with the type of occasion. Don't listen to those rules about face shape.

Philip Treacy

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