Randa Abdel-Fattah (1979) contemporary Australian writer of novels for young adults
Source: Does My Head Look Big In This?
Quote, When personality comes first.....
Randa Abdel-Fattah (1979) contemporary Australian writer of novels for young adults
Source: Does My Head Look Big In This?
“I can't see myself spending the rest of my life as a judge.”
Clarence Thomas (1948) Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
A Silent Justice Speaks Out http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=3664944&page=1. <br class="br">1990s
“I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.”
Malcolm X (1925–1965) American human rights activist
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965) <br class="br">Context: I told the Englishman that my alma mater was books, a good library. Every time I catch a plane, I have with me a book that I want to read—and that’s a lot of books these days. If I weren’t out here every day battling the white man, I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity—because you can hardly mention anything I’m not curious about.<br><br> Chapter 11, paragraph 59 http://www.uri.edu/library/inscriptions/almamater.html
Samuel Beckett (1906–1989) Irish novelist, playwright, and poet
The Letters of Samuel Beckett 1929–1940 (2009), p. 362
Context: I think the next little bit of excitement is flying. I hope I am not too old to take it up seriously, nor too stupid about machines to qualify as a commercial pilot. I do not feel like spending the rest of my life writing books that no one will read. It is not as though I wanted to write them.
“I look to the future because that's where I'm going to spend the rest of my life.”
George Burns (1896–1996) American comedian, actor, and writer
Edward Witten (1951) American theoretical physicist
as quoted by John Horgan, The End of Science: Facing the Limits of Knowledge in the Twilight of the Scientific Age (1996)
“i wondered if i would spend the rest of my life inventing complicated ways to depress myself..”
Miranda July (1974) American performance artist, musician and writer
Source: No One Belongs Here More Than You