I think Joe Jackson is a great American figure. In my opinion, he became a scapegoat.
D. B. Sweeney
Recitation: by Male by Female
Growing up, I learnt to think, 'Let's make it a big night tonight, as you never know what's going to happen next.' So now I have enough, I take too much; when I get the chance to have a fine dinner, I will. And it's had an effect on my health.
John Burnside
HealthGrowing UpDinnerNightThink
Sometimes I'll write without the guitar or the piano, but most of the time I'll be playing and just improvising some words. And when I get something that sounds good, a line with a story in it, I'll try and tease it out and figure out where the story is going.
John Darnielle
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In economics, the majority is always wrong.
John Kenneth Galbraith
EconomicsWrongAlwaysMajority
I don't usually like teen novels written in the present tense, particularly those told from a first-person viewpoint. Too many writers seem to believe that using either or both devices automatically imbues their stories with deep seriousness and a contemporary feel.
Tony Bradman
TeenBelieveDeepPresentFeelSeem
You cannot sit quiet while the KKK and other white supremacist groups rear their ugly heads.
Ron Stallworth
UglyYouWhiteQuietSitCannot
From the test situations which were used to reveal fears, it was found that Peter showed even more marked fear responses to the rabbit than to the rat.
Mary C. Jones
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I mean, I am still such the-good-girl. I want everybody to like me. I want everybody to be happy.
Michelle Williams
I AmHappyMeBe HappyWantMean
I always credited my mother with inspiring me to be a writer because she was such a passionate reader. She read poetry to me as a child. But rather late in life, I've come to appreciate my father, the accountant. He was a solid, organized, get-the-job-done kind of person-and you need that piece of it to be a writer, too.
Judith Viorst
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I can remember watching Federer win Grand Slams on TV when I was a kid trying to put myself in his shoes.
Denis Shapovalov
ShoesMyselfWinRememberTryingTV
We've never performed the song live outside of recording it in the studio. That was a dream come true because Whitney, she's an icon and she's been one of my main mentors in this business.
Deborah Cox
LiveBusinessSongDreamTrueNever
Many years ago, when I lived in the mini-Siberia they call East Anglia, I was awakened in the early hours by the sound of a pantechnicon being loaded. Peeping through the curtains, I observed the grocer doing a runner with all his chattels and his family.
Clive Sinclair
FamilyDoingEarlySoundLivedCall
When I did win the Tour, I felt I was feted more in the U.K. for being an Olympic gold medallist... Then I come back to Europe to race, and they're not interested in the Olympic gold; it's about being the winner of the Tour de France - here he is.
Bradley Wiggins
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