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Poetry is not the language we live in. It's not the language of our day-to-day errand-running and obligation-fulfilling, not the language with which we are asked to justify ourselves to the outside world. It certainly isn't the language to which commercial value has been assigned.
Tracy K. Smith
World
Language
Value
Live
Our
Ourselves
Has-Been
Poetry
Outside
Outside World
Day-To-Day
Been
Commercial
Which
Justify
Asked
Certainly
Assigned
I learned the songs and played the gigs, and then they called me about a month later. They told me they were like super stoked on me and asked me to join their band.
Travis Barker
Me
Band
Later
Month
Gigs
Super
About
Join
Songs
Like
Learned
Were
Stoked
Then
Asked
Played
Guns are heavy metal machines, and, at least in my case, it's surprising how many hours it takes before it looks like you know what you're doing. Releasing and re-loading magazines is difficult when you're asked to do it quickly and efficiently.
Trieste Kelly Dunn
Heavy Metal
You
Before
Difficult
Machines
Releasing
Guns
Magazines
Case
Takes
Like
Hours
Know
Looks
Metal
How
Least
Doing
Surprising
Quickly
Efficiently
Heavy
Asked
Many
The editor of a newspaper, who is an old friend, asked me to write a column. According to her, I cracked lame jokes all the time and read voraciously.
Twinkle Khanna
Time
Me
Jokes
Old
Write
Column
Read
Editor
Friend
According
Cracked
Lame
Old Friend
Newspaper
Asked
Who
Her
I love that Bob Dylan asked me to be in the first movie he wrote.
Val Kilmer
Love
Me
First
He
Wrote
Movie
Dylan
Bob
Bob Dylan
Asked
I felt fine after 24 hours and asked the state commission to prolong my stay in space to three days. And I carried out the entire schedule. Could I have done that if I had been half-dead?
Valentina Tereshkova
Space
Three
State
Prolong
Carried
Out
Stay
Fine
Entire
Schedule
Could
Had
Days
Hours
Felt
Been
Commission
Done
After
Asked
I think, honestly, my largest concern, there are a lot of unbalanced people out there, and all of a sudden, I'm the CIA poster girl, and our home in Washington, the front door was about 20 feet from the street. I went to the agency at a certain point and asked for security on a residence.
Valerie Plame
Home
CIA
People
Girl
Think
Honestly
Our
Out
Security
Poster
Unbalanced
About
Point
Feet
Concern
Lot
Front
Front Door
Door
Agency
Asked
Certain
Certain Point
Sudden
Washington
Residence
Largest
Street
I did engineering, and when people asked me my career plans, I used to say I would do an MBA.
Vicky Kaushal
Me
People
Engineering
Say
Would
Did
Asked
Used
Plans
Career
The director took my face in his hands and asked me to show him my teeth, as with a horse. This happened on a Wednesday, and by the following Monday I was shooting.
Victoria Abril
Me
Director
Face
Monday
Took
Teeth
Following
Wednesday
Horse
Him
His
Hands
Shooting
Happened
Asked
Show
As you get older, you get more accepting - although, if you asked me whose body I would want, I would say Jess Ennis's at the Olympics.
Victoria Pendleton
Me
You
Older
Say
Would
More
Although
Accepting
Get
Want
Asked
Body
Whose
Olympics
It was a big surprise for me when they asked me to bat at three. That is a big thing. I was focussed on playing the situation. You need to be open anyway if you are playing for a team like India.
Vijay Shankar
Me
You
Three
Big
Situation
Bat
India
Open
Like
Surprise
Big Surprise
Big Thing
Anyway
Asked
Team
Thing
Playing
Need
I always feel terrified whenever I put my work out there to be seen, to be scrutinized. I think it's a very vulnerable thing that we are asked to do.
Viola Davis
Work
Seen
Think
Out
Put
Feel
Terrified
Vulnerable
Always
Very
Whenever
Work Out
Scrutinized
Asked
Thing
I have been asked what would I ban immediately if I could. Advertising.
Vivienne Westwood
Immediately
Would
Could
Advertising
Been
Ban
Asked
If I Could
I made a better decision in choosing my team. Sure, I had a bigger choice of players to choose from - but I couldn't have asked for a harder working group of players who did an incredible job.
Vladimir Kramnik
Better
Decision
Job
Made
Group
Incredible
Had
Sure
Did
Bigger
Asked
Choice
Working
Choose
Team
Choosing
Who
Harder
Players
When people have asked if I'd like to go in the Shuttle, I said you don't get to fly it, except for landing, which I'd love to do. I wouldn't go unless I could command it.
Wally Schirra
Love
You
People
Fly
Unless
Except
Could
Like
Said
Go
Command
Get
Which
Landing
Asked
Shuttle
And it wasn't until '84 when I was first asked to come to Sweden and do an album and concert tour.
Wanda Jackson
First
Tour
Come
Until
Concert
Asked
Sweden
Album
Dr. Dre, my oldest brother, he paved the way for me and Snoop to get a chance to get into the studio. I asked him to show me how to work the MPC-60... I was about maybe 17, 18, right around there.
Warren G
Work
Me
Way
Dre
Brother
About
He
Studio
Him
Around
How
Get
Maybe
Asked
Paved
Show
Oldest
Right
Dr
Chance
I mean, I would say I get five or six e-mails every day from people asking, "Is there going to be a Leprechaun 6?' It's probably the most asked question besides, 'Is there going to be a Willow II?'
Warwick Davis
Day
Every Day
People
Every
Say
Willow
Besides
Would
Most
Question
Five
Get
Going
Six
Mean
Asked
Asking
I have to laugh internally when I'm asked in interviews what nightspots I like to hit. I just don't have answers... so sometimes I make them up.
Wentworth Miller
Sometimes
Interviews
Laugh
Like
Make
Answers
Up
Hit
Just
Them
Asked
Having watched 'The Lone Ranger,' I asked my dad, 'You think we can be on TV like that guy?' He said, 'Probably not. You have to be 6 feet and blond to work in TV and movies.' I said, 'But what about that guy? Jay Silverheels?'
Wes Studi
Work
You
Think
Ranger
TV
Lone
Lone Ranger
About
Guy
Having
He
Feet
Like
Said
Blond
Movies
Asked
Jay
Dad
Watched
I don't do a lot of strategizing, career-wise. I was approached by Chris and Phil, the guys who did 'The Lego Movie.' They gave me my first job on 'Clone High.' We've been friends forever, and they asked me if I wanted to write something with them.
Will Forte
Me
Job
First
Gave
High
Something
Guys
Write
First Job
Been
Lot
Clone
Friends
Forever
Did
Lego
Movie
Wanted
Them
Asked
Who
Chris
Phil
Most of us at least briefly considered answering, 'An astronaut,' when asked as children what we wanted to be when we grew up.
Will Hurd
Considered
Astronaut
Most
Answering
Least
Up
Children
Wanted
Grew
Us
Asked
During my time in Pakistan, I was asked to lead an expedition to Azad Kashmir following a devastating earthquake in 2005 that claimed the lives of 80,000 people.
Will Hurd
Time
People
Earthquake
Claimed
Following
My Time
Devastating
Lead
Expedition
Asked
Kashmir
Pakistan
Lives
A very beautiful young woman once asked me to sign her breasts. That was back when I was a hip young thing - it's been all downhill since then.
Will Self
Beautiful
Me
Woman
Young
Back
Once
Sign
Since
Hip
Been
Very
Young Woman
Breasts
Then
Asked
Downhill
Her
Thing
If we had in this room a hundred teachers, good teachers from good schools, and asked them to define the word education, there would be very little general agreement.
William Glasser
Education
Good
Word
Hundred
Define
Would
Would-Be
Good Schools
General
Good Teachers
Had
Schools
Very
Little
Room
Them
Asked
Teachers
Agreement
Captain Hale, alone, without sympathy or support, save that from above, on the near approach of death asked for a clergyman to attend him. It was refused. He then requested a Bible; that too was refused by his inhuman jailer.
William Hull
Death
Alone
Bible
Too
Sympathy
Approach
Above
He
Attend
Support
Clergyman
Him
Without
His
Jailer
Refused
Then
Asked
Captain
Inhuman
Near
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