I want to be around for a long time. I don't want to be a one-hit wonder. Ruben Studdard hitlongtime Change image and share on social
When you cease from labour, fill up your time in reading, meditation, and prayer: and while your hands are labouring, let your heart be employed, as much as possible, in divine thoughts. David Brainerd ceasedivineemploy Change image and share on social
When I first had a child, I really had a hard time trying to figure out how it was all going to fit together. Because I felt like, when I was with him, I wanted to be writing and I should be writing. And when I was writing, I felt like I should be with him, and wanted to be with him. So I was unhappy a lot. Jennifer Egan childfeltfigure share on social
The doctor must have put my pacemaker in wrong. Every time my husband kisses me, the garage door goes up. Minnie Pearl doctordoorgarage Change image and share on social
You have to approach something with indifference, as if you had no aesthetic emotion. The choice of readymades is always based on visual indifference and, at the same time, on the total absence of good or bad taste. Marcel Duchamp absenceaestheticapproach share on social
9/11 changed America fundamentally, far more so than outsiders realised at the time. For Americans, it genuinely was a new Pearl Harbour: an attack on the homeland that made them feel vulnerable for the first time in 60 years. Jonathan Powell americaamericanattack share on social
I'm spending way too much time test running my Vine videos. I'll go into a room and close the door and be in there for an hour workshopping a Vine video that I never even post. So that's probably a huge time suck. Gillian Jacobs closedoorhour share on social
I think parenthood is a wonderful balancing act. On the one hand, you want to spend as much time with your children as possible. On the other hand, you want to set an example for them to see that you're fulfilled in your life and in your work. Michael Sheen actbalancechild share on social
We've been sitting at the compromise table for a long time. We're just waiting for that cold chair to be warmed up by the Republican leadership. They still have time to do the right thing and be responsible. They just seem to be moving further and further away from it. Debbie Wasserman Schultz chaircoldcompromise share on social
Once upon a time there was a widow who had two daughters. The elder was so much like her, both in looks and character, that whoever saw the daughter saw the mother. Charles Perrault characterdaughterelder Change image and share on social