Adam Mansbach Quotes

One of the pleasures of getting older and making a living the way you want to is that your social circle becomes rarified, and the people who enter have been vetted.

Adam Mansbach

Recitation: by Male by Female

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Getting OlderPeopleYouWantLiving

Running is my church.

Joan Van Ark

ChurchRunning

There is no inherent power in the office of the vice presidency. Zero. None. It's all a reflection of your relationship with the president. I mean, Kennedy never let Johnson in the office.

Joe Biden

RelationshipPowerReflectionOffice

Every dollar of tax imposed on our exchanges in the shape of duties impairs, to that extent, our capacity to meet the severe competition to which we are exposed; and nothing but a system of high protective duties, long continued, can prevent us from meeting it successfully. It is that which we have to fear.

John C. Calhoun

FearCompetitionLongMeetingMeet

I want to learn how to play an instrument. I want to break a world record. I'm just a very determined, motivated type of person.

Alyson Stoner

WorldLearnPersonPlayWantBreak

The Padma Shri came as a very pleasant surprise. I am deeply honoured. I don't know what I did to deserve it, but I must have done something right to be honoured by our government.

Sridevi

GovernmentI AmSurpriseKnowDone

My dreams are of water. And my nightmares.

Siouxsie Sioux

DreamsWaterNightmares

I'm not going to have a baby until I'm around 30-something.

Rita Ora

BabyGoingAroundUntil

The way skateboarding contests were in the past was like going to a basketball game and being told at the end of the game what the score was and who won. Think about how unengaging that would be if you didn't know who was ahead or if it was a close game.

Rob Dyrdek

PastBasketballGameThinkEndYou

Being female was just one more way I felt different and weird. I was also a young 'un, and also my cartoons were not like typical 'New Yorker' cartoons.

Roz Chast

WeirdNewYoungWayMoreJust One

I look ridiculous in a three-piece suit - I'm too fat.

Dominic West

FatLookRidiculousSuitToo

While I admire the insights of many of the people in the world of computing, I get this cold feeling that I speak a different language.

Clifford Stoll

PeopleWorldColdSpeakLanguage

Some people won't go the extra mile, and then on their birthday, when no one makes a fuss, they feel neglected and bitter.

Anne Lamott

BirthdayPeopleFeelGoExtra Mile

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