Writing music and lyrics, you tend to become a control freak - sitting alone in your room with a bare light bulb over your head, writing communist manifestos. Jason Robert Brown barebulbcommunist Change image and share on social
I never expected to compete at home in a UCI women's race - let alone as world champion. Lizzie Armitstead championcompeteexpect Change image and share on social
I actually like being alone. I spend most evenings reading and taking long baths. Shonda Rhimes batheveninglong Change image and share on social
Therefore, vegetarianism alone can give us the quality of com-passion, which distinguishes man from the rest of the animal world. Morarji Desai animaldistinguishgive Change image and share on social
The only people who like to live alone more than comics are priests. Colin Quinn comiclivepeople Change image and share on social
Texas is just so rich with characters. Women who live alone in a little house on a thousand acres with nothing but cattle and a pickup truck. And an airplane. Sissy Spacek acreairplanecattle Change image and share on social
When a car's ahead of you, as long as you can see it, you get a tow, just like the draft in NASCAR. Even if it's a long ways down the track, it punches a hole in the air that has to help. When you're running alone, you can feel the difference, and it shows on the clock, too. Mario Andretti aheadaircar share on social
To the great majority of white Americans, the Negro problem has distinctly negative connotations. It suggests something difficult to settle and equally difficult to leave alone. It is embarrassing. It makes for moral uneasiness. Gunnar Myrdal americanconnotationdifficult share on social
As someone who writes and teaches YA fiction, I spend a lot of time trying to define its character and readership, and I don't think I'm alone - genres are all about boundary drawing, and the YA genre is, in a lot of ways, about carving out boundaries around adolescence, a space for teenagers to do teenage things. Robin Wasserman adolescenceboundarycarve share on social