“After college, I went into the NBC Page Program. It's one of those great programs that allows kids to get their feet wet in every area of the business.” KidsFeetCollegePagesAreasProgramWetNbc Author:Lara Spencer
“Leave not a foot of verse, a foot of stone, A Page, a Grave, that they can call their own; But spread, my sons, your glory thin or thick, On passive paper, or on solid brick.” FeetSonPaperPagesGloryStonesSpreadGravesMy SonThickVersesPassiveBricks Author:Alexander Pope
“There was the usual dreaminess, I suppose. Also a shyness that caused me - and others - to notice that I could express myself better by writing than by speaking. This is typical of many writers, I think. What is a drawback in childhood is an asset to a literary life. Not being fluent on one’s feet sends one to the page and a habit is born.” ThinkingWritingBornFeetChildhoodHabitPagesAssetsUsualTypicalShynessDrawbacksFluent Author:Lorrie Moore
“The interview process tests not what the applicant knows, but how well they can process tricky questions: If you wanted to figure out how many times on average you would have to flip the pages of the Manhattan phone book to find a specific name, how would you approach the problem? If a spider fell to the bottom of a 50-foot well, and each day climbed up 3 feet and slipped back 2, how many days would it take the spider to get out of the well? .” IfsKnowsWellsBookProblemWantedNamesProcessFeetFiguresApproachPagesTestsBottomAveragePhonesInterviewsEach DaySpidersFlipTrickyManhattan Author:Bill Gates
“I missed the sound of her shuffling her homework while I listened to music on her bed. I missed the cold of her feet against my legs when she climbed into bed. I missed the shape of her shadow where it fell across the page of my book. I missed the smell of her hair and the sound of her breath and my Rilke on her nightstand and her wet towel thrown over the back of her desk chair. It felt like I should be sated after having a whole day with her, but it just made me miss her more.” ShouldMadeBookWholeFeltSoundFeetMissingHairColdShapesBedPagesShadowBreathsLegsSmellThrownChairsWetDesksHomeworkTowelsShufflingSated Book:Linger Source: Linger
“Daily dawns another day; I must up, to make my way. Though I dress and drink and eat, Move my fingers and my feet, Learn a little, here and there, Weep and laugh and sweat and swear, Hear a song, or watch a stage, Leave some words upon a page, Claim a foe, or hail a friend- Bed awaits me at the end.” WayLittlesEndsMovingSongWatchesLaughingFeetStageDrinkBedPagesClaimsDressesFingersMy WayDawnSweatSwearFoeHere And ThereHailAnother Day Book:Dorothy Parker Source: Dorothy Parker
“I was never very good with either my hands or feet. It always seemed to me they'd just been stuck on as an afterthought during my making. Dreams didn't translate through sports, or music, dancing, carpentry, plumbing. I was the bookish kid, more at home in the pages of a fantasy than in the room in the town on the planet.” HomeDreamHandsKidsSportsRoomsFantasyFeetPlanetsPagesTownsDancingVery GoodStuckTranslatePlumbingAfterthoughtCarpentry Book:The Man on the Ceiling Source: The Man on the Ceiling