John Elder Robison
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IAIN DE CAESTECKER STEPHEN CHBOSKY LUIS SUAREZ KAMI GARCIA REBECCA MCKINSEY HARRIET TUBMAN My mother was totally different from the mothers of my friends. She would never separate from me. In... CHANTAL AKERMAN GIGI HADID I was never his partner on the course. You know, I was playing golf for a different reason. I knew b... DAVID GILLILAND I wouldn't have done any of it if I hadn't taken that course. When I was younger my dad would show m... AMY MLINAR She dumped me for the worst reason of all. For absolutely no reason at all...I mean, if she fell in ... BRAD MELTZER MAYA ANGELOU KENNETH LONERGAN She has always been my role model in gymnastics, and every time at practice when she was doing some ... HANNAH NOEL STEPHEN CHBOSKY What's funny is my mom took me to the theater for the first time when I was six years old, and I... DANA DAVIS I hadn't thought too much about it because I thought I was going to have a long career on the Champi... 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I couldn't drive so I just thought she was lending me a helpin... CAROLINE WAUGH I thought over and over about what I was going to do when Carly overdosed and died. How would we go ... DINA KUCERA CHARLAINE HARRIS I don't try to force anything. I let the game come to me. They closed on me early, so I was swinging... ANTHONY SLACK J.J. MCAVOY She expected a lot of me. When I was in fourth grade working on a book report, she made me start the... DAISY WHITNEY JOHN GREEN We showed a lot of guts and made some desperation plays, we had guys going down to block shots, it w... CRISTOBAL HUET Because from the day I met her I'd known I wanted to be part of any world she belonged to. Did that ... RANSOM RIGGS DOROTHY HAMILL STEPHEN CHBOSKY I realize at one point, that I was being followed, and then I began to see the surveillance that was... GLORIA NAYLOR ROSS MATHEWS I never thought I’d ever leave Zerc. But after knowing Cricket, it occurred to me that I had no re... ASH GRAY I had asked her about it when she was here. She [said], 'Oh, I don't know,' and I said, 'Well, keep ... CHANITA OLDS You are so much more than I bargained for,” I confessed, which gained her attention. “I knew I w... C.A. HARMS JOHN LENNON My mother saw a movie when she was 14 years old. I forget the name of the movie, but one of the lead... LARK VOORHIES DIXIE CARTER For me, honestly, one of the first movies I did I was always pounding coffee, and I crashed so horri... NICK SWARDSON When I was growing up, I was teased for being too skinny. I went to summer camp when I was 11. I wor... HANI FURSTENBERG KARL PILKINGTON STEPHEN CHBOSKY ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE GAYLE FORMAN AMY ROBACH When my daughter was about seven years old, she asked me one day what I did at work. I told her I wo... HOWARD IKEMOTO I was an enormous fan of Dan Slott's run, and John Byrne's run was a big deal for me. I foun... CHARLES SOULE I thought I was going to win, and I did not win. There is always next year. I have more people suppo... BEN GREENBERG BARBARA KINGSOLVER KIERA CASS I have kept a diary, WITHNAIL AND I Brother—”MOLLY MCADAMS If I had it my way, Harper and I wouldn't be standing in this room right now, we wouldn't be pressed... MOLLY MCADAMS LOUISE PENNY RICHELLE MEAD
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I think I fell in love with her, a little bit. Isn't that dumb? But it was like I knew her. Like she... 
Of course we did other things too. We walked. We talked. We rode bikes.
My mom took all of my behavior personally. Everything I did, she thought it was an act of rebellion ... 
We stared at each other for several moments, neither of us speaking or moving, and then I was in fro... 
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When I was on 'SNL,' I was getting weirdly anxious about being on camera, which I had never ... 
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That's when Sam grabbed my hand. "I love this song!" She led me to the dance floor. And she started ... 
When I was a kid, there were some people around me who were a bad influence. When I met my girlfrien... 
I was lost before I found her in my dreams, and she found me that day in the rain. I knew it seemed ... 
My point is this — you don't know. When I was first here, people looked at my hair, noticed apples... 
I never had anything good, no sweet, no sugar; and that sugar, right by me, did look so nice, and my... 
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I can remember when I was 24, and I broke up with my first serious girlfriend for the first time. Sh... 
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My mama never wore a pair of pants when I was growing up, and now that's all she wears. It was s... 
I like you so much," she says between kisses. And I can tell she wants to say love instead of like, ... 
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15. WHENEVER I WENT OUT TO PLAY, MY MOTHER WANTED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE I WAS GOING TO BE
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They got under each of my shoulders and pulled me up, Padma walking in front of me and holding her a... 
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The key to faith is what we are willing to sacrifice to obtain it. 
The happier the moment the shorter. 
An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes. 
Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few. 
I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to b... 