Listen; there's a hell of a good universe next door: let's go.
e. e. cummings
Recitation: by Male by Female
I know my 17-year-old self would read my bourgeois fiction, full of metaphors and rhythmic prose, with a sinking heart.
Jim Crace
HeartSelfKnowFictionSinking
I learned to speak Italian, somewhat. Definitely enough to get around in Italy. My grandfather always used to swear at my grandmother in Italian.
Jen Lancaster
SpeakEnoughGrandfatherGrandmother
Rising inequality is not a law of nature - it's not even a law of economics. It is a consequence of political and economic arrangements, and those arrangements can be changed.
John Lanchester
NatureLawEconomicsPoliticalEven
I have a horror of not rising above mediocrity.
Robert Baldwin
MediocrityHorrorRisingAbove
I decided very early that I wanted to write. But I didn't think of it as a career. I didn't even think of it as a profession... It was the most exciting thing, the most powerful thing, the most wonderful thing to do with my life.
Mary Oliver
LifeThinkMy LifePowerfulEarly
There is no other occupation in the world that so closely resembled enslavement as the career of a film star.
Louise Brooks
WorldCareerStarFilmOccupation
A lot of my pieces are about easy seductiveness and accessibility in terms of showing skin.
Joseph Altuzarra
EasySkinPiecesAboutAccessibility
Poland is not a very large country, but it's also not a small country.
Donald Tusk
SmallCountryPolandLargeVery
One man cannot practice many arts with success.
Plato
SuccessManPracticeArtsCannot
Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than the child that lost a dog yesterday.
Thornton Wilder
DogLovePetChildYesterdayLost
When I'm not touring, I really don't leave the house.
Tig Notaro
HouseLeaveTouringReally
May we not succumb to thoughts of violence and revenge today, but rather to thoughts of mercy and compassion. We are to love our enemies that they might be returned to their right minds.
Marianne Williamson
LoveTodayCompassionThoughtsMercy
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