Carlisle Floyd Quotes

America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.

Carlisle Floyd

Recitation: by Male by Female

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TalentAmericaUncomfortableArtist

In trying to cross over to the mainstream, some people stopped writing what they witnessed.

Melvin Van Peebles

PeopleWritingTryingSome People

We must return conservatives to the majority in the U.S. Senate.

Jeb Bush

ReturnMustMajoritySenate

All I knew about bees when I started to write 'The Secret Life of Bees' was that they can live in a wall of your house, and that they make this incredible thing that I loved.

Sue Monk Kidd

LifeLiveLovedHouseWallWrite

I'd say that 'In the Heart of the Sea' is the most challenging movie I've made. It was tough to figure out how to lead this large cast into some very sensitive, intense, emotional scenes.

Ron Howard

HeartSeaToughSayEmotionalOut

I just feel that music is a great life because it's very rewarding. It's a gratification. You do this for yourself, and you also do this for other people.

Ry Cooder

LifeMusicGreatYourselfPeople

The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding.

Joseph Addison

NatureGoodTruthPraiseIngredients

Me, a teacher? No way!

Diego Godin

TeacherMeWay

The strangest thing that human speech and human writing can do is create a metaphor. That is an amazing leap, is it not?

Dennis Potter

AmazingWritingSpeechCreateLeap

Maybe stories are just data with a soul.

Brene Brown

SoulDataJustStoriesMaybe

5G is no longer just a buzzword.

Borje Ekholm

JustLonger

The recycling in my house was imposed by my kids.

Antonio Banderas

HouseRecyclingKidsImposed

It's interesting: I think, genetically, there are people who need different things, like exercise. I need the exercise, others not so much, and I think more and more, we'll start to understand why people's bodies function in certain ways.

Anne Wojcicki

PeopleStartThinkInterestingWhy

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