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Mother set impossibly high standards for us, creating tremendous pressures and undermining our ability to

accomplish whatever modest aims we may have set for ourselves.
Katharine Graham

There are occasions when I've had beef, but I generally tend to avoid it, as a nod towards my parents' culture.
Sanjeev Bhaskar

Really, some of the best 'X-Files' stories come right out of science. And you just apply that 'what-if' idea. Oh, what if this were true? And that's why so many times the show is scarier because it was not necessarily improbable.
Chris Carter

Some days, I think maybe we should try and be a little more conventional, but every time I try, I fail, so I'm learning to not even entertain that thought anymore.
Seinabo Sey

The talk-box thing that T-Pain does is something new and different for this generation because they don't know about Zapp or Teddy Riley. I think he's creative and has made the talk-box his own in the hip-hop world, but if these young ones studied their musical history, they'd know that.
Keith Sweat

'Ambulatory' is my favorite word to use because it never gets a laugh.
Andy Kindler

If had to label myself, I guess classical liberal would be best.
David Harsanyi

Around 17 to 20 years, I became, myself, a poacher. And I wanted to do it, because - I believed - to continue my studies. I wanted to go to university, but my father was poor, my uncle even. So, I did it. And for three to four years, I went to university. For three times, I applied to biomedical science, to be a doctor. I didn't succeed.
Corneille Ewango

You rehear your life by reading about what happens to other people.
Lois Lowry

Being a good girl means suppressing a lot.
Jennifer Jason Leigh

Obama does look good, but he could look better. The most important thing for politicians is to keep their clothes really simple and make sure their clothing actually fits.
Thom Browne

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