I grew up in the West, grew up on the land, was educated as a geologist.
Let's clean up the Senate and return to politics of common ground.
As we grow up, nothing changes more than the definition of loss.
Grow up, Peter Pan! This is all over!
Taking up marriage is a good excuse for taking up cursing." These is my words
Growing up in Paterson wasn't the easiest thing.
You grow up in a Sicilian household, becoming an actor is not a big leap.
I watched a lot of comedy growing up.
It's easier to play quirky characters and hide behind wardrobe and make-up, especially.
When I was growing up, I installed refrigerators in supermarkets. My father was an electrical engineer.
Growing up, I was never the kind of girl to dream about wedding dresses and pretty houses.
I can work as a writer, but I wanted to do stand-up.
I didn't see a lot of women who looked like me on TV when I was growing up.
I felt a Funeral, in my Brain, And Mourners to and fro Kept treading – treading – till it seemed That Sense was breaking through – And when they all were seated, A Service, like a Drum – Kept beating – beating – till I thought My Mind was...
And then there is that day when all around, all around you hear the dropping of the apples, one by one, from the trees. At first it is one here and one there, and then it is three and then it is four and then nine and twenty, until the apples plumme...
The ultimate sexist put-down: the prick which lies down on the job. The ultimate weapon in the war between the sexes: the limp prick. The banner of the enemy's encampment: the prick at half-mast. The symbol of the apocalypse: the atomic warhead prick...
He slid his hand onto Riley's bare abdomen. "I got to thinkin' that a few years down the line, when yer older, what if that was our baby and I could feel it right here under my hand. Feel the life we'd created." Riley's eyes moistened. "Girl or boy?"...
If a man like that is killed, there is always another to take his place. That is not the important thing. But to act so that no man dares to strike you because he knows you speak the truth, to act so that you can no longer be arrested because you are...
In November, when our nation remembers her fallen soldiers and honours the lost youth of my generation, the Prime Minister, government leaders and the hollow men of business affix paper poppies to their lapels and afford the dead of war two minutes' ...
I don't know where to start," one [writing student] will wail. Start with your childhood, I tell them. Plug your nose and jump in, and write down all your memories as truthfully as you can. Flannery O' Connor said that anyone who has survived childho...
Papa, why are you selling our goats? I like these goats." "A week ago the price was five hundred, now it's four hundred. I'm sorry, but we can't wait for it go any lower." Mankhalala and the others were tied by their front legs with a long rope. When...
