Charlie Pierce Quotes

As a writer, I have to admit, there is something darkly compelling about Alzheimer's because it attacks the two things most central to a writer's craft - language and memory, which together make up an individual's identity. Alzheimer's makes a new character out of a familiar person.

Charlie Pierce

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CharacterTogetherIdentityMemory

The thing is, I'm happiest when I'm on stage.

Joan Rivers

StageHappiestThing

I'm impatient. I get twitchy. When I get that feeling I just go out and make something happen.

John Cale

FeelingGoHappenOutSomethingGet

It's not the actor's job to be interesting; that's the script's job. It's our job to be truthful and brave.

Mia Goth

JobBraveInterestingActorTruthful

I grew up in front of the camera from an early age. It distorts your perception of who you are. Having a lot of attention at a young age is not healthy.

Amanda de Cadenet

AgePerceptionCameraAttentionYou

Man, it's hard living in N.Y.C. - even when you have money in your pockets.

Su-chin Pak

MoneyManYouLivingHardYour

Years ago, children helped my brother search for his lost ball at Jackson Park Golf Course in Chicago - and even offered to sell it back to him on the next tee. That entrepreneurial spirit, on the site of the 1893 World's Fair - which introduced Cracker Jacks to the United States - exemplifies America, to say nothing of American public golf.

Steve Rushin

ChildrenBrotherWorldSearchGolf

I must admit, I don't try to put my stamp on anything; it just happens. I don't really know how to think another way.

Miguel Sapochnik

ThinkAdmitKnowWayTryAnything

May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

JusticeDutyMasterWithoutMay

I don't play a lot of tournaments, but if I don't win a tournament in a year, people are like, 'What in the world is going on?' People don't realize how hard it is to win tournaments. You're not going to go out and play 10 tournaments and win one of them. Your odds aren't that good.

Chris Moneymaker

GoodPeopleWinWorldYearYou

YouTube is an amazing platform for young musicians - although it's harder to get noticed now that everyone is on it.

Conor Maynard

AmazingMusiciansYoungNowYouTube

I am thankful to those who've listened to my story over and over as well as those who've helped me share it. For me, the act of storytelling is an act of healing.

Clemantine Wamariya

ThankfulI AmHealingMeStoryOver

For millennia, men have enslaved women and attempted to appropriate female creative power, re-casting themselves as gods and creators. This assault continues today in the forms of ruthless wealth and mineral extraction, genetic engineering, mass surveillance, and war mongering.

Anohni

WomenTodayPowerMenCreativeWar

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