I really admire songwriters or any kind of writer, painter or artist that says, "I'm going to get up at 8 o'clock… — Langhorne Slim Copy Share Image
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And last, my mom. I don’t think you know what you did. You had my brother when you were 18 years old.… — Kevin Durant Copy Share Image
Do you like me?” No answer. Silence bounced, fell off his tongue and sat between us and clogged my throat. It slaughtered… — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
Christmas Eve, and twelve of the clock. "Now they are all on their knees," An elder said as we sat in a… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
At last, in the dead of the night, when the street was very still indeed, Little Dorrit laid the heavy head upon… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
When I sat on the chair at 5-0, I was like, 'Okay, now you can try to break her, and if not,… — Petra Kvitova Copy Share Image
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I sat day after day in my little room, waiting for inspiration to visit me, trying to invent a pseudonym that would… — Romain Gary Copy Share Image
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Once a popular Alaska governor with a modest record of accomplishment, Palin could conceivably revive her reputation in this era of short… — Ron Fournier Copy Share Image
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The kitten was six weeks old. It was enchanting, a delicate fairy-tale cat, whose Siamese genes showed in the shape of the… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
I think that people should find a niche that will work. I have friends growing up who sat around playing video games… — Shawne Merriman Copy Share Image
There was a stately drama writ By the hand that peopled the earth and air, And set the stars in the infinite,… — Alan Seeger Copy Share Image
My stepfather, John O'Hara, was the goodest man there was. He was not a man of many words, but of carefully chosen… — Sarah Silverman Copy Share Image
I was Gator in Jungle Fever, and Chris Rock played Pookie, and those showed two very different dynamics of what crackheads were.… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
When I have just sat down and tried to write the lyrics of a song, usually about half of it sounds like… — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
I went to Coachella once, and it was only to go see Leonard Cohen. I got in the car and sat through… — Hannah Simone Copy Share Image
I can remember, I think it was 1967, sitting in the First Unitarian Church in Isla Vista, Santa Barbara, and seeing Phil… — Sam Hamill Copy Share Image
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Isn't that someone we know?" asked Horace. He pointed to where a cloaked figure sat by the side of the road a… — John Flanagan Copy Share Image
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I just sat there looking at television, sort of dumb and thought how horrible it was. I had -- the grand aspects… — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
Look at yourselves. Some of you teenagers, students. How do you think I feel and I belong to a generation ahead of… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
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I sank down onto the bed against the headboard and leaned back. I crossed my legs underneath me. "Then we'll talk." I… — Abbi Glines Copy Share Image
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He sank into the rocking chair, the same one in which Rebecca had sat during the early days of the house to… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
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