I worked a variety of jobs in retail and at coffee shops all through high school. And, though I was surrounded by people who cared about me, part of me ached with every accomplishment, because my parents weren’t there to share my joy. Diane Guerrero Read Quote
I put a lot of time and energy into studying the art of filmmaking, but I hadn’t put a lot of energy or time into the art of learning how to manage people. Max Joseph Read Quote
My mother is most attached to my brother because she has the feeling that she could not provide him anything. By the time I was born, at least I got a meal and a half a day, but he sometimes got only water. Dhanush Read Quote
I’m pretty consistently fit because I think it’s an important part of my work, but I will ramp it up just because I have been enjoying myself a little bit too much. Alexandra Daddario Read Quote
Justice Harry A. Blackmun, a quirky but pivotal member of the Supreme Court for 24 years, was a hoarder. He seems to have kept everything from his boyhood diaries to college correspondence to every scrap of paper that came his way on the Supreme Court. Cliff Sloan Read Quote
A novelist who writes nothing for 10 years finds his reputation rising. Because I keep on producing books they say there must be something wrong with this fellow. J. B. Priestley Read Quote
I draw from my family and my friends and I feel like that small-town person. The achievements, the materialistic possessions have really become to mean less. They mean nothing. Sheryl Crow Read Quote
