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It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by this time, I have found several and dearly enjoyed knowing them all. Alice Walker
Time Me Father Several Constantly Bothers Longer Knowing Dearly May Them Figures Searching Found Enjoyed
As a teenager growing up in the suburbs of Washington, I ritually watched the Sunday-morning political talk shows with my family. We parsed and argued and jeered at the screen as national figures delivered careful, poll-tested talking points. Anand Giridharadas
Family Political National Teenager Argued Points Delivered Talk Talk Shows Talking Up Screen Suburbs Figures Shows Washington Growing Growing Up Watched Careful
I went to government for making these changes. I remember a number of guys among these important figures. Anatoly Chubais
Government Remember Important Changes Guys Making Figures Among Number
Some people have compared the Klan images to ecclesiastical figures. Andres Serrano
People Some People Some Ecclesiastical Klan Figures Compared Images
People get distracted by box-office figures and take jobs because they think it will advance their careers. Andrew Scott
People Will Think Distracted Jobs Take Advance Because Get Figures Careers
A company can set off in one direction, figures out that it's not the right way to go, and then go in an entirely new direction. Over time, the product or service improves, and the company gets better at executing and delivering. Andrew Yang
Service Time Better Way Right Way Out Entirely Direction Delivering Over New Executing New Direction Go Off Improves Gets Then Product Figures Company Right Set
When I was seven years old, I fell in love with a series published by Bobbs-Merrill called 'The Childhood of Famous Americans.' In it, historical figures like Clara Barton, Nancy Hanks, Elias Howe, Patrick Henry, and dozens more came to life for me as children. Ann Hood
Life Love Me Old Seven More Like Nancy Fell Came Years Historical American Childhood Famous Children Figures Series Henry Published Dozens
I call the language of political figures, pundits and administrators 'the haute couture of language.' Anna Deavere Smith
Political Language Pundits Administrators Call Couture Figures
I'm a huge nerd, I admit to that. I love to play video games, I love to read, and of course, I've gotta still get my studies in and all. I love to learn. But I also love to do stop motion animation with my little Lego figures. I love to play around on the computer with that. Atticus Shaffer
Love Video Games Nerd Admit Computer Animation Studies Also Learn Read Course Around Motion Gotta Still Huge Get Stop Lego Little Video Games Figures Play
In my generation, history was taught in terms of grand figures, men on whom the destiny of the nation hinged, quintessential heroes. Barry Unsworth
History Generation Heroes Men Nation Destiny My Generation Terms Quintessential Taught Grand Figures Whom
In a healthy republic, there is a need for figures who understand that the presidency is not the be-all and end-all of the people. Ben Domenech
People Healthy Presidency Understand End-All Republic Who Figures Need
Amazing things happen when you pull individual pieces of information together into larger linked datasets: meaning emerges, as you produce facts from figures. Ben Goldacre
You Together Amazing Emerges Individual Facts Pieces Amazing Things Linked Happen Information Meaning Produce Figures Larger Things Things Happen Pull
According to tarot historian Gertrude Moakley, the cards' fanciful images - from the Fool to Death - were inspired by the costumed figures who participated in carnival parades. Brendan I. Koerner
Death Fool Carnival Parades Inspired Were Historian According Tarot Fanciful Who Figures Cards Images
When you're a writer you no longer see things with the freshness of the normal person. There are always two figures that work inside you. Brian Moore
Work You Inside See Writer Longer Always Freshness Normal Normal Person Person Figures Things Two
With all of the people in Cuba who I met - many of them hugely heroic figures - I found learning about their complexity and richness and contradictions just really fascinating, and it was fulfilling to be able to offer a different side to them, to be able to have some kind of unique takeaway from the official narrative. Brin-Jonathan Butler
Learning People Met Heroic Side Complexity Kind Able Some About Cuba Narrative Contradictions Offer Hugely Official Just Different Them Really Fulfilling Richness Who Figures Many Fascinating Unique Found
I don't know the figures, but Hollywood must buy 100 rights for every movie that actually gets made. Bryan Burrough
Buy Rights Made Every Must Know Gets Movie Hollywood Figures Actually
I got into writing to become a 'Star Trek' writer. I was a rabid fan. I had shelves and shelves and shelves of action figures in my bedroom that scared away more dates than I care to admit to. Bryan Fuller
Writing Care Become Action Trek Scared Admit More Dates Writer Had Got Bedroom Shelves Than Fan Rabid Figures Star Star Trek Away
For the past few centuries, we have defined beauty as tall, slender figures, femininity and white skin. Cameron Russell
Beauty Past Few White Skin Slender Defined Tall Femininity Centuries Figures
'Sin Nombre' was almost like the adolescent version of 'Jane Eyre.' 'Jane Eyre' sort of picks up where 'Sin Nombre' ends. It's about this girl who starts off on her own at her lowest point of despair, and she figures out how she got there. Cary Fukunaga
Girl Own Starts Despair Out About Adolescent Point Almost Picks Sin Like She Sort Got How Off Version Up Ends Where Jane Lowest Who Figures Her
In my house, there is an old Chinese cabinet full of little figurines on two shelves. They are for my daughter, to tell stories. We have told hours and hours or stories using these figures. There are all kinds of people, children and adults, and all kinds of animals - elephants, tigers, snakes. Caterina Fake
People Old Daughter Animals Tell Kinds Adult Cabinet Hours Hours And Hours House Tigers Shelves Snakes Children Stories Chinese Little Full Figures Using Elephants Two
If I were to give you a list of names of the people, world political figures, who have been assisted by the CIA, and even assisted to office around the world, you'd be astonished and probably wouldn't believe it. But it's very long, and the names are very distinguished. Charles McCarry
You CIA People World Political Long Believe Astonished Distinguished Give Names Around Were Been Very Office List Who Figures Even Assisted
Harlem has always been the nexus of music, politics, culture, criminal figures. Cheo Hodari Coker
Politics Music Culture Criminal Always Been Figures Harlem
In our education system, we are taught to munch figures and remember them for lifetime. But does it help? We are not taught how to make decisions. Chetan Bhagat
Education Remember Our System Lifetime Make Does How Taught Decisions Them Help Figures
What can we be in life? Few figures in history have answered this question with as much clarity and moral authority as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Chris Gardner
Life History Moral Authority King Few Moral Clarity Martin Martin Luther Martin Luther King Martin Luther King Jr Answered Question Authority Much Figures Dr Luther
The idea of sacrifice is integral to the John Henry myth. Heroic figures have to die in order for us to have our stories; we live and stand on their bones. Colson Whitehead
Myth Sacrifice Live Heroic Our John Idea Integral Die Order Stories Us Stand Figures Henry Bones
I see fighters make funny videos about me and stick them on Facebook and get 20 likes. When I make a video, I sell it to Fox and make seven figures. That's the difference. Conor McGregor
Funny Me Facebook Videos Seven See About Likes Make Stick Sell Get Difference Them Video Fighters Figures Fox
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