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“I spend most of my time reading non-fiction of all sorts. Then poetry. Then fiction to blurb. Then fiction I want to read.”

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Jim Shepard

Jim Shepard is an American author born on December 29, 1956. His works are known for their unique narrative techniques and profound insights into social issues. more

“Education is huge for me. I went to public school until I turned thirteen, and was lucky enough to afford college once I became successful as an actress. I cannot believe that quality education costs as much as it does in this country. Ghetto Film School is a remarkable public high school in New York City where students get to learn to express themselves through filmmaking, and have hands-on access to equipment.”

“We can become very short-sighted in terms of objectives. The first thing to go during times of economic crisis and budget cuts is funding for things that are essential and not-quantifiable, like the arts. Save Big Bird”

Firsts Art Bigs Term Cutting Economic Essentials Bird Crisis Objectives Budgets Funding Economic Crisis Short Sighted Budget Cuts Big Bird

Author:Julia Stiles

“Playing rock 'n' roll music, it's going to be integrated, but being black you didn't want to go into some neighborhood where you weren't wanted.”

Want Wanted Black Rocks Neighborhood Rock N Roll Integrated Rock N Roll Music

Author:Gail Ann Dorsey

“When you go on a stage - or even in a café or a room - and you play it's all happening right then and there: the exchange, the art, the communication. Performance is in the moment.”

Art Play Moments Rooms Stage Communication Goes On Happenings Performances

Author:Gail Ann Dorsey

“It's much harder, much more work to be your own artist, and it's hard for me to just want to do one thing. I love doing my own music, but I really have to get into a groove with it, which has been difficult over the last few years because I've had so much great work coming in.”

Want Years Has Beens Hard Lasts Artist Difficult My Own One Thing Harder Great Work Things I Love Groove

Author:Gail Ann Dorsey

“We want to reinvent the phone. What's the killer app? The killer app is making calls! It's amazing how hard it is to make calls on most phones. We want to let you use contacts like never before - sync your iPhone with your PC or mac.”

Want Hard Use Phones Contact Killers Iphone Macs Apps Sync

Author:Steve Jobs

“You can't actually hire and fire people inside of an open source community. Which means that getting people to work together is much more along the lines of making sure that people have the tools they need both to get their work done but also to know what is being done by other people and how to take that to their employer and tell that story to their employer and to show this is why the community is good and this is why we're working on these sort of things because it helps us over here.”

People Knows Needs Mean Done Helping Stories Shows Together Community Lines Fire Source Tools Working Together Employers Work Done Being Done Open Source

Author:John Dickinson

“I have always found clowns really fascinating, especially on film. Even as a kid I was never scared of them.”

Kids Film Found Scared Fascinating Clown

Author:Rob Zombie

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