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My friends found out that I was writing a book on Twitter. It didn't seem worth mentioning over dinner. They're all so successful themselves.
Alexa Chung
Book
Writing
Worth
Dinner
Twitter
Out
Seem
Over
Friends
Themselves
Successful
Found
In 2009, the 'New York Times' ran an analysis on the cost of being a LGBT couple trying to live as a married couple but without the same protections. Over a lifetime, they estimated a couple would spend as much as $467,562 more, and as little as $41,196, with costs running lower the higher your income.
Alexander Chee
Live
Analysis
Ran
Spend
Married
Married Couple
Would
Running
Cost
More
Costs
Higher
Lifetime
Over
New
Couple
Without
Times
Trying
York
Same
New York
Being
New York Times
Estimated
Little
Much
Lower
Your
Income
It is a neck-and-neck race between Mr. Gray and myself who shall complete our apparatus first. He has the advantage over me in being a practical electrician - but I have reason to believe that I am better acquainted with the phenomena of sound than he is - so that I have an advantage there.
Alexander Graham Bell
Myself
Me
Better
First
Believe
Complete
Our
Shall
He
Advantage
Between
Over
Practical
Sound
Am
Than
Being
Race
Acquainted
Apparatus
Electrician
Reason
Who
Gray
Phenomena
Such a chimerical idea as telegraphing vocal sounds would indeed, to most minds, seem scarcely feasible enough to spend time in working over. I believe, however, that it is feasible and that I have got the cue to the solution of the problem.
Alexander Graham Bell
Time
Problem
Believe
Enough
Spend
Minds
Indeed
Would
Solution
Scarcely
Seem
Vocal
Feasible
Idea
Over
Most
Got
Cue
Sounds
However
Working
I'm the only American alive or dead who presided unhappily over the removal of a vice president and a president.
Alexander Haig
President
Alive
Only
Over
Removal
Dead
American
Vice
Vice President
Who
If they analyze the situation as thoroughly as they should, Muslims will realize they are the first targets. What are the fundamentalists really after? Simply taking over Islam and then turning its back on modernity.
Alexander Haig
Will
First
Islam
Situation
Analyze
Back
Thoroughly
Muslims
Simply
Taking
Over
Targets
After
Modernity
Realize
Then
Turning
Really
Should
Fundamentalists
I never thought about writing a novel until I was 13, and that happened by chance. I was on school holidays, and I was bored, and I thought I just wanted to do something to occupy myself instead of asking, 'What can I do, mum? Entertain me.' I started, and it really just took over, and I realised, 'Wow, this is an amazing experience.'
Alexandra Adornetto
Myself
Me
Experience
Writing
School
Amazing
Thought
Took
Entertain
Bored
Wow
About
Something
Never
Instead
Over
Until
Occupy
Amazing Experience
Just
Wanted
Happened
Realised
Holidays
Asking
Really
Novel
Mum
Started
Chance
I have never had other kids in the house... I had a huge collection of marbles, and they all had names, which I think concerned my parents. I used to go and sweep outside and talk to myself, and my mum's friends would be over and say, 'Do you realise she is talking to herself?'
Alexandra Adornetto
Myself
You
Parents
Think
Other
Other Kids
Herself
Say
Kids
Collection
Would
Would-Be
Outside
Never
Had
Over
Names
Talk
House
She
Concerned
Talking
Go
Huge
Friends
Realise
Which
Sweep
Used
Marbles
Mum
When I first read 'Outlander' a few years ago, I was shocked to find that Jamie was the complete package: incredibly smart, incredibly witty, strong but emotionally vulnerable, passionate to a fault - and, well, the Scottish accent doesn't hurt! I actually stopped reading at several points to swoon over something he said... he's really that good.
Alexandra Bracken
Good
Hurt
Fault
Strong
Smart
First
Reading
Few
Incredibly
Complete
Several
Find
Outlander
Something
Points
Emotionally
He
Over
Well
Accent
Read
Vulnerable
Said
Witty
Passionate
Years
Years Ago
Scottish
Shocked
Stopped
Jamie
Package
Really
Actually
I sort of forgot about 'Z Channel' after it went off the air in 1989, but once Jason Resnick of Focus Features made the suggestion, I became obsessed all over again. I still am. I'll probably be this way until I'm 80, babbling about 'Z Channel.'
Alexandra Cassavetes
Focus
Made
Channel
Air
Once
Way
About
Features
Obsessed
Over
Until
Sort
Became
Am
Still
Off
Forgot
After
Again
Jason
Suggestion
Babbling
I think the reason vampire movies have been so popular over time is that they share so many parallels with human beings.
Alexandra Cassavetes
Time
Think
Vampire
Vampire Movies
Parallels
Share
Over
Been
Human
Human Beings
Movies
Reason
Many
Popular
Beings
For some reason, I find jogging incredibly boring, but yoga is the only thing I've been able to consistently do over the years. I think it's because it also is sort of a mental exercise and calms you and refocuses you. So I find that that's great, and sometimes someone will drag me to a spin class or on a hike.
Alexandra Daddario
Great
Me
You
Class
Sometimes
Will
Think
Incredibly
Consistently
Find
Jogging
Spin
Boring
Able
Some
Someone
Mental
Only
Over
Hike
Also
Sort
Because
Exercise
Calms
Been
Years
Yoga
The Only Thing
Reason
Thing
Drag
I'm unconventional and eccentric and talk things out, and it seemed that the person I married - maybe in reaction - got quieter and more conventional over time. It felt as if we were putting each other in a straitjacket.
Alexandra Fuller
Time
Other
Out
Married
Eccentric
Seemed
More
Unconventional
Putting
Over
Talk
Reaction
Felt
Got
Were
Person
Quieter
Maybe
Conventional
Each
Things
I'm a working writer; this is my job. So it matters to me that it's good. I sweat over every word. I don't just vomit this stuff up. It's agony. The only thing that comes close is childbirth, except it's like being in labor for eighteen months.
Alexandra Fuller
Good
Me
Word
Job
Matters
Every
Months
Only
Except
Writer
Vomit
Stuff
Over
Like
Up
Labor
Close
Childbirth
Just
Being
Eighteen
The Only Thing
Sweat
Working
Agony
Thing
I have heard over and over again that the drilling business is a dangerous business, and death is an expected part of the game, but I've also heard of the way that safety violations, human and environmental laws, and a concern for the local culture are flaunted in pursuit of money.
Alexandra Fuller
Environmental
Death
Game
Business
Culture
Money
Dangerous
Safety
Local
Way
Laws
Drilling
Pursuit
Part
Over
Also
Concern
Heard
Expected
Human
Again
Violations
We don't notice that our cells are turning over all the time. You get a completely new composition of cells every seven years, and on the surface, or subjectively, it looks as though you're the same for seven years. It's like a ground - it looks stable, but beneath it, everything is shifting all the time. It's exciting and dangerous.
Alexandra Kleeman
Time
You
Dangerous
Shifting
Every
Beneath
Our
Seven
Everything
Though
Composition
Exciting
Over
New
Like
Looks
Surface
Years
Get
Same
Cells
Stable
Turning
Notice
Ground
No matter how successful you are, no matter how good you are at what you do, even if a golden path rolls out in front of your feet your whole life, there will come one particularly bleak Tuesday when you glance over at Facebook and notice that Jen From Down The Hall has just won an Oscar.
Alexandra Petri
Life
Good
You
Facebook
Matter
Path
Will
Down
Out
Glance
Bleak
Over
Feet
Come
Particularly
Hall
How
Won
Front
Rolls
Tuesday
Just
Golden
Successful
Notice
Your
Whole
Even
Oscar
I would say 'competence' actually might be slightly more important than passion. I understand that it is important to feel strongly about things, but give me a competent dentist over a passionate dentist any day, if only because something about the phrase 'passionate dentist' is deeply unnerving.
Alexandra Petri
Day
Me
Passion
Important
Say
Slightly
Unnerving
Would
Phrase
About
Give
Strongly
Something
Give Me
More
Only
Feel
Over
Because
Understand
Passionate
Dentist
Than
Any
Might
Deeply
Actually
Things
Competence
Competent
I think you should just wear something you feel comfortable in. It's important to make a statement, but don't kill yourself over it.
Alexandra Roach
You
Yourself
Important
Think
Statement
Wear
Something
Feel
Over
Over It
Make
Comfortable
Just
Should
It's important to make a statement, but don't kill yourself over it. You have to make an effort, but not go overboard.
Alexandra Roach
You
Yourself
Important
Statement
Over
Over It
Overboard
Make
Go
Effort
There are games where the striker will be useful for the team in terms of creating space and being involved in the game, without necessarily scoring, but he'll have played an important role for the team. But, of course, over the course of a season, I have to score goals, as that's what statistics reflect.
Alexandre Lacazette
Game
Goals
Space
Will
Important
Reflect
Statistics
He
Over
Involved
Terms
Course
Without
Important Role
Score
Scoring
Role
Being
Where
Creating
Useful
Games
Team
Season
Necessarily
Played
I can't put everyone in the same bracket, but many haven't got over the old Lacazette and the perception that I was a bit of a lazy striker who didn't really work hard for the team. At least, I thought I was working hard, but I didn't really know how to help my team-mates.
Alexandre Lacazette
Work
Work Hard
Old
Thought
Perception
Everyone
Bit
Lazy
Put
Over
Know
Got
How
Least
Bracket
Same
Really
Working
Working Hard
Hard
Team
Help
Who
Many
I'd take precision any day over power; as far as being tactical you know you have to see what's going on in there and also understand that for every punch that you or your opponent throws there's always a counter shot or two which you have to be ready to fire or defend.
Alexis Arguello
Day
You
Fire
Power
Every
Punch
See
Tactical
Take
Throws
Counter
Over
Know
Also
Understand
Ready
Always
Opponent
Precision
Any
Going
Being
As Far As
Which
Far
Shot
Your
Defend
Two
'The Handmaid's Tale' takes place in the near future, a dystopian future, and is based on the book by Margaret Atwood. It takes place in what was formerly part of the United States at a period of time when society has been taken over by a totalitarian theocracy. It's about the women who live in subjugation.
Alexis Bledel
Future
Time
Women
Book
Live
Society
States
Has-Been
Totalitarian
About
Part
Taken
Takes
Over
Tale
Period
Been
Subjugation
Handmaid
Place
Dystopian
Theocracy
Who
United
Based
Near
United States
Margaret
My grandfather was from outside of Moscow, and my grandmother, although some of her family were French, was from Odessa. They met as immigrants in New York in the early '20s. My mother's family came over from Ireland generations ago.
Alexis Denisof
Family
Mother
Met
Immigrants
Some
Outside
Generations
Over
New
Moscow
French
Although
Came
Were
Ireland
York
New York
Grandfather
Grandmother
Her
Early
Early 20s
It's so fantastic to see redditors thriving because Reddit was able to be a part of their journey. Over the last decade, we've seen countless people improve their lives because of it - from quitting addiction to getting a Hollywood screenwriting deal - and I hope there will be many more talents who'll be discovered on our platform.
Alexis Ohanian
Hope
Journey
People
Will
Seen
Addiction
Our
See
Able
More
Thriving
Part
Countless
Over
Talents
Reddit
Because
Deal
Discovered
Decade
Improve
Getting
Quitting
Screenwriting
Fantastic
Hollywood
Many
Platform
Lives
Last
Last Decade
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