A. S. Byatt Quotes

I am not sure how much good is done by moralising about fairy tales. This can be unsubtle - telling children that virtue will be rewarded, when in fact it is mostly simply the fact of being the central character that ensures a favourable outcome. Fairy tales are not, on the whole, parables.

A. S. Byatt

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GoodCharacterChildrenI AmDone

Gay people are born everyday. You will never legislate that away.

Melissa Etheridge

PeopleYouGayBornEverydayNever

What Clinton severed with his welfare reform was the obligation of the federal government to step in when the states failed and to monitor these programs.

Robert Scheer

GovernmentStepWelfareObligation

I was everything, patriarch, priest, father and judge.

John Sutter

FatherJudgeEverythingPriest

The world's treated me awfully well, and I guess it's crept into my work.

Sloan Wilson

WorkMeWorldWellGuessTreated

When you form a band, you form a real relationship that's like a marriage. It's an emotional connection, especially when you're young... because you don't know what's out there.

Robert Coppola Schwartzman

MarriageRelationshipYouConnection

My dad read, I think, the Perry Mason mysteries and Zane Grey and some humor compendiums... And then at one point, the bookmobile started coming to town. That was really cool. I mean, that was when I read my first Raymond Carver story. I think that was probably 1969 or so. I must have been 13.

Tom Drury

HumorCoolStoryThinkGreyMean

Your mind is just like your body. It's a muscle you can train and get better at.

Rose Namajunas

MindBetterYouBodyTrainMuscle

I can't be everything to everyone. Send me your specs.

Mo Rocca

MeEveryoneEverythingYourSend

That straight man character is a short trip between comedy and drama in a project, so I can play the comedic beat on the same page as a dramatic beat. It gives me a lot of freedom as an actor to play scenes in multiple ways because I don't play the clown, nor do I play someone who is particularly maudlin.

Jason Bateman

CharacterFreedomManMeShortPlay

When I moved to New York, I wanted to be in the ensemble of 'Hairspray.' That was my goal.

Jonathan Groff

New YorkGoalNewWantedMovedYork

As I've gotten older, I've really wanted to find more balance and calm.

Drew Barrymore

BalanceCalmFindMoreOlderWanted

I just got my phone back yesterday. My mom had it for two days. I was supposed to read a book and I really wanted to play Call Of Duty.

Chloe Grace Moretz

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