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'John Henry Days' was already half in the can before my first book came out, so I'd already started something that was big and sprawling - I just had to finish it.
Colson Whitehead
Book
First
Half
Big
Before
Out
John
Something
Finish
Had
Days
Sprawling
Came
Just
Henry
Started
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 was always very aware of drummers. My oldest brother Henry was a drummer, and he drummed on everything in the house from the kitchen sink to stovepipes. He was the first drummer in the Gil Evans Orchestra, so you've got to know how great he was.
Dave Brubeck
Great
You
First
Everything
Brother
Kitchen
Kitchen Sink
He
Know
Drummer
Drummers
House
Always
Got
How
Sink
Very
Orchestra
Aware
Henry
Oldest
I read Henry Miller's 'Nexus,' 'Sexus' and 'Plexus' the summer after I graduated from college. It cemented my decision to spurn any and all careers.
David Berman
Decision
College
Summer
Read
Any
Graduated
Cemented
After
Henry
Miller
Careers
Some people might be surprised that 'Rambo's creator has a doctorate in American literature. One of my influences is Henry James, whose major theme is awareness. Whether I'm writing about military personnel, law enforcement, or De Quincey, the persistent theme is paying attention in a hostile world.
David Morrell
People
Writing
World
Law
Some People
Military
Awareness
Some
Law Enforcement
About
Hostile
Attention
Major
Doctorate
Surprised
Persistent
American
Influences
James
Whether
Literature
American Literature
Might
Theme
Personnel
Enforcement
Paying
Military Personnel
Creator
Whose
Henry
Henry James
Capitalism in Russia has spawned far more Al Capones than Henry Fords.
David Remnick
Capitalism
Russia
More
Than
Far
Spawned
Al
Henry
Reading Bukowski and Burroughs and Henry Miller doesn't necessarily mean that a kid is going to try to emulate their debauchery to the point that Nic did, but he really was fascinated by it.
David Sheff
Try
Reading
Kid
Point
He
Emulate
Did
Going
Mean
Really
Nic
Fascinated
Henry
Miller
Necessarily
If you can sell that you're the King of Scotland, or Henry V on a tiny stage in a studio theater somewhere, then you can probably sell that you're a starship captain or a time traveler.
David Tennant
Time
You
King
Somewhere
Stage
Studio
Sell
Scotland
Tiny
Theater
Then
Captain
Traveler
Henry
Starship
Back when the powerful 19th-century senator Henry Clay was called 'the great compromiser,' achieving a compromise really was considered great.
Deborah Tannen
Great
Back
Considered
Compromise
Clay
Powerful
Senator
Achieving
Really
Henry
For me, you look at the beginning of his career, the man couldn't even make weight. That's how I found out about Henry Cejudo to begin with. 'Oh, Henry Cejudo misses weight again.' I'm like, who's this guy who keeps missing weight. When the UFC signed him, I was like, 'Great, you guys signed another guy who can't make 125.'
Demetrious Johnson
Great
Me
You
Man
Beginning
Signed
Out
About
Guy
Guys
Weight
Misses
Missing
Like
Look
Make
Him
Another
How
His
Begin
You Guys
Oh
Again
Who
Even
Found
Henry
Keeps
Career
Honestly, I would love to fight Henry Cejudo. You've got that gold medalist in the Olympics, I would love to test myself against that.
Demetrious Johnson
Love
Myself
You
Fight
Honestly
Would
Got
Test
Gold
Against
Henry
Olympics
Henry VIII Clauses allowing the Government to change almost any law of the land by statutory instrument, if needed, to implement Brexit must be properly restricted.
Dominic Grieve
Government
Change
Law
Must
Statutory
Restricted
Properly
Clause
Allowing
Almost
Implement
Instrument
Any
Land
Brexit
Henry
Needed
I'm not like Henry Fonda. He lives to act. I've just had a dedication to do the best I could. When I don't have challenges, the days get long. But I do enjoy being on stage. If I do good work, I get a kick out of that.
Don Ameche
Work
Best
Good
Challenges
Long
Good Work
Stage
Dedication
Enjoy
Kick
Out
Fonda
Could
Had
He
Days
Like
Get
Just
Being
Act
Henry
Henry Fonda
Lives
She was scrubbing furiously at a line of grease spots which led from the stove towards the door to the dining-room. That was where Henry had held the platter tilted as he carried the steak in yesterday. And yet if she had warned him once about that, she had a thousand times!
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Stove
Yesterday
Once
Carried
Thousand
Thousand Times
About
Steak
Had
He
Towards
She
Him
Spots
Tilted
Line
Led
Times
Where
Door
Which
Scrubbing
Warned
Held
Henry
Platter
Grease
When the Republicans controlled the House from 1994 -2006, Democrats like Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, Henry Waxman Charlie Rangel, John Conyers and Rahm Emanuel weren't saying we need to move right to win. They stuck to their philosophy. And they fought against Reagan and they fought against the Bushes. And eventually they did win.
Ed Rollins
Saying
Win
Philosophy
Frank
John
Charlie
Stuck
Like
Nancy
Nancy Pelosi
House
Democrats
Reagan
Were
Did
Controlled
Move
Against
Republicans
Bushes
Barney
Fought
Eventually
Henry
Right
Need
We felt that although they were patchy, there was a tremendous political energy in the Henry plays.
Edward Hall
Political
Energy
Tremendous
Although
Felt
Were
Henry
Plays
To build a character like Henry Warnimont required a few weeks and months of work. It turned out he was basically a very kind and generous man, which he covered up with his surface gruffness and surface bluster. And the kind of hopeless quality, that 'everything goes wrong' kind of thing.
George Gaynes
Work
Character
Man
Quality
Hopeless
Build
Few
Everything
Months
Out
Kind
Weeks
He
Wrong
Wrong Kind
Generous
Like
Surface
Covered
His
Up
Very
Goes
Which
Turned
Required
Henry
Thing
Basically
The only person Henry Kissinger flattered more than President Richard Nixon was Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the shah of Iran. In the early 1970s, the shah, sitting atop an enormous reserve of increasingly expensive oil and a key figure in Nixon and Kissinger's move into the Middle East, wanted to be dealt with as a serious person.
Greg Grandin
Key
Richard Nixon
Enormous
Increasingly
President
East
Nixon
More
Only
Kissinger
Dealt
Iran
Than
Person
Sitting
Move
Expensive
Middle
Oil
Wanted
Middle East
Flattered
Richard
Figure
Serious
Reserve
Henry
Early
Hillary Clinton's progress as a public figure and politician can, in fact, be indexed perfectly by her relationship to Henry Kissinger.
Greg Grandin
Relationship
Progress
Politician
Kissinger
Fact
Perfectly
Hillary
Clinton
In Fact
Public
Public Figure
Figure
Henry
Her
There's not a formula that I'm following; it's just how I feel at the time. For instance, I did a very experimental film called 'Hardcore Henry,' and that was simply because I thought the filmmaker was very interesting and a risk taker. A film like that had never been made before, so I chose to do that at the time.
Haley Bennett
Time
Thought
Made
Before
Following
Risk
Never
Had
Instance
Simply
Feel
Like
Because
How
Been
Very
Did
Just
Experimental
Interesting
Formula
Chose
Hardcore
Film
Henry
Filmmaker
J. J. Abrams is a director that I've admired for a long time, from the very first scripts he wrote - including 'Regarding Henry,' which I was in.
Harrison Ford
Time
Director
Long
Long Time
First
Admired
He
Wrote
Very
Regarding
Which
Scripts
Including
Henry
There isn't a King Lear for women, or a Henry V, or a Richard III. You reach a level where you can handle that stuff technically and mentally, and it's not there.
Helen Mirren
You
Women
Technically
King
King Lear
Mentally
Stuff
Reach
Lear
Handle
Where
Richard
Henry
Level
I liked teaching Henry James. When you look down at a Henry James novel from a helicopter height, you find an intricate spider web that all clings together.
Helen Vendler
You
Together
Spider
Down
Intricate
Find
Web
Liked
Look
James
Height
Helicopter
Teaching
Novel
Henry
Henry James
I will say I was a lot bigger as Superman. A lot bigger. I'm not saying how much. It's modesty about the weight - I've always been worried about my weight - but I also don't want to invite that debate: 'Henry weighs this, so he's the perfect Superman.' Or, 'Henry doesn't weigh this, and therefore he's not believable in the role.'
Henry Cavill
Saying
Debate
Will
Superman
Worried
Say
About
Perfect
Weigh
Weighs
Weight
He
Invite
Also
Always
How
How Much
Been
Lot
Role
Want
Bigger
Modesty
Much
Therefore
Believable
Henry
Henry Cejudo is a motivator.
Henry Cejudo
Motivator
Henry
Why call out the champion in my first title defense? Because that's who Henry Cejudo is.
Henry Cejudo
Champion
First
Defense
Out
Call
Because
Title
Who
Henry
Why
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