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I began to see that the short texts I was writing were poster material. — Jenny Holzer Copy Share Image
My father's political heroes were Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman. — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
Fortunately, problems are an everyday part of our life. Consider this: If there were no problems, most of us would be unemployed. — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
I know if I were to drop dead now, people would probably write nice things in the obit. — Martin Short Copy Share Image
I was very limited in what I could do with flying saucers, because they're just a metal disc. I had to try… — Ray Harryhausen Copy Share Image
I had been on several shows that were meant to be the big ones, that would go on forever, and they didn't. — Christina Hendricks Copy Share Image
They can't give a Nobel to someone who's dead so I think they were probably thinking they had better give it to… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
I was a very imaginative child, and my parents were very encouraging of that. My sister and I would put on plays;… — Hannah Kent Copy Share Image
A lot of people who were writing when I came through originally as a singer-songwriter have disappeared. — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
I'd love to have a 19th Century Russian book club where all the members had to act like the pretentious minor noblemen… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
Based on the Bible, I believe that all the land animals were made on day six, and Adam and Eve were made… — Ken Ham Copy Share Image
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My parents had four children quickly, divorced quickly - when I was two - and my mother remarried quickly. We were suddenly… — Anna Chancellor Copy Share Image
My 20s were all about feeling desperate. Desperate to find a new boyfriend. Desperate to get the perfect job. Desperate to get… — Jessi Klein Copy Share Image
I realized that conventional views of Christian faith that I'd heard when I was growing up were simply made up - and… — Elaine Pagels Copy Share Image
You couldn't define the '80s when the '80s were happening. We kept changing. We had shoulder pads, then we didn't. It was… — Donatella Versace Copy Share Image
Over the years, people have often said to us that they were going through some horrible thing in their life - maybe… — Robin Quivers Copy Share Image
I wanted to get out of Ashland, and I thought it would be pretty cool to go to school in the East.… — Winona LaDuke Copy Share Image
My last vivid boyhood fright from books came when I was 15; I was visiting my uncle and aunt in Greenwich, and,… — John Updike Copy Share Image
When The Daily Muse initially wanted to launch a job board, our first ideas were insanely (and needlessly) complex. We wanted to… — Kathryn Minshew Copy Share Image
When I started acting, I hoped I could make some kind of positive contribution to this world. When I get a letter… — Sung Kang Copy Share Image
I have a novel that I can write. It's about three soldiers from Somalia. Some babies have been disappearing up on 144th… — Gil Scott-Heron Copy Share Image
Luckily for me, my father had impeccable taste. No contemporary collector was he. His treasure trove of comics included gems such as… — Jeff Kinney Copy Share Image
I've written in every imaginable location; a repurposed closet, the kitchen table, the bleachers while my kids had basketball practice, the front… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
I would say I'm black because my parents said I'm black. I'm black because my mother's black. I'm black because I grew… — Soledad O'Brien Copy Share Image
If you deny people their own voice, you'll have no idea of who they were. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
You know, if it weren't for these fans, I wouldn't have gotten as far as I did. — Adam Lambert Copy Share Image
The expectations were low for 'Castle;' people thought we'd be one season and done. — Tamala Jones Copy Share Image
I have quite a few good friends in Philadelphia who were police officers. — Bobby Seale Copy Share Image
