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I attended school regularly for three years. I learned to read and write. 'Lamb's Tales' from Shakespeare was my favourite reading matter.… — Peter Abrahams Copy Share Image
Being an adult child was an awkward, inevitable position. You went about your business in the world: tooling around, giving orders, being… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
But miracles are not for the asking; they come only when the stern eyes of God droop shut for a moment, and… — Michel Faber Copy Share Image
I do smoke, but I don't go through all this trouble just because I want to make my drug of choice legal.… — Woody Harrelson Copy Share Image
Dappled sunlight and looked at the silver vapor swirling inside. "Mist gathered at first light on the first day of the new… — Mary Pope Osborne Copy Share Image
I'm still going to enjoy my life off the pitch and I don't think that has interfered with my life on it.… — Russell Latapy Copy Share Image
The idea of windmills conjures up pleasant images - of Holland and tulips, of rural America with windmill blades slowly turning, pumping… — Lamar Alexander Copy Share Image
So instead she settled on, "Did my father put you up to this?" Hale exhaled a quick laugh and shook his head.… — Ally Carter Copy Share Image
Sometimes, after you have taken part in a seven, one or two-day retreat, you could feel that your level of practice had… — Ching Hai Copy Share Image
I have so many favourite science fiction films. I would say 'Alien' and 'Aliens' are two of my favourite sci-fi films. Also… — Pedro Pascal Copy Share Image
Heisenberg has discussed the coupled double harmonic oscillator, and has shown that the ordinary rules of quantization lead to two non-combining sets… — Linus Pauling Copy Share Image
My life after childhood has two main stories: the story of the hustler and the story of the rapper, and the two… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Why are you smiling?' Gargarin asked Froi, from across the balconette. 'When you're going to have to learn a lesson in diplomacy… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
As an actor, I never really had a strategy. I just take projects, as they come. It all comes down to the… — Chris Vance Copy Share Image
Many years ago I was driven to the conclusion that the two major causes of most emotional problems among evangelical Christians are… — David Seamands Copy Share Image
The decision to rely heavily on high-altitude air power, target urban infrastructure and repeatedly attack heavily populated towns and villages has reflected… — Seumas Milne Copy Share Image
Why, did you know that if a beaver two feet long with a tail a foot and a half long can build… — Norton Juster Copy Share Image
I first heard the term "meta-novel" at a writer's conference in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The idea is that even though each book in… — Carolyn Wheat Copy Share Image
The cause of rain is now, I consider, no longer an object of doubt. If two masses of air of unequal temperatures,… — John Dalton Copy Share Image
It's also hard for me to understand growing up not knowing where I came from. I searched for my parents - I… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts the book of their deeds, the book of their words, and the book of… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
It was a pity that movies and live TV left New York for Hollywood. London theater, movies, television - until (Britain's) money… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Anything to declare? the customs inspector said."Two pound of uncut heroin and a manual of pornographic art," Mark answered, looking about for… — Leon Uris Copy Share Image
Hello?” I peered into the shadows. Two green circles flashed in the dark. I yelped, jumping backward and pressing myself against the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You have people saying two things that seem to contradict each other. One, that we live in a golden age of TV.… — Dan Harmon Copy Share Image
'm constantly depressed by the Mexican gang members I meet in East L.A. who essentially live their lives inside five or six… — Richard Rodriguez Copy Share Image
One of the biggest things for me was driving two hours to the location everyday, and then having to lug out two… — Kirsten Lepore Copy Share Image
My dowry is thirty-five. A year.” His brows climbed. “You’re joking.” “I would never joke about money with a notorious thief. Just… — Shana Abe Copy Share Image
It was hilarious [last scene with Edward Cullen] considering we'd spent the entire series filming in the most miserable conditions, and then… — Robert Pattinson Copy Share Image
The problem, of course, was that turning into a monster was the brighter of my two choices. Choice Number 1: I turn… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The two circled around the back of the house, making sure that nobody saw them. Once inside, they found Patrick right where… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
And so getting to meet Aubrey Plaza and Mae Whitman and getting to know two awesome girls who are just kick-ass. It's… — Alison Pill Copy Share Image
Breakfast is a personal ritual that can only be properly observed alone, and in a spirit of genuine excess. The food factor… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Half an hour later, each of them had been given a complicated circular chart, and was attempting to fill in the position… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Last year I picked up the New York Times and there was a story about a kid from Dartmouth who was bragging… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
To see something marvelous with your own eyes-that's wonderful enough. But when two of you see it, two of you together, holding… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
And Harry, with the unerring skill of the Seeker, caught the wand in his free hand as Voldemort fell backward, arms splayed,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The same person who would never raise his hand in a lecture hall of two hundred people might blog to two thousand,… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
Poetry is a lousy form of activism; it doesn't really change much. And maybe we can point to one or two historical… — Daphne Gottlieb Copy Share Image