Starting my business has been very hard work. I have received no help from any officials at all. Chen Guangbiao Read Quote
I was trying to support a family with writing. I didn’t have a private income. I had no other profession. John Updike Read Quote
Instead of generating either unnecessary alarm or a false sense of security regarding these fundamental issues, the best course is to empower people with the truth. Dick Thornburgh Read Quote
Because God only knows why people like what they like and don’t like something else. Elliott Smith Read Quote
The writer I feel the most affinity with – you said you felt my books are 19th century novels, I think they’re 18th century novels – is Fielding, Henry Fielding, he’s the guy who does it for me. Jonathan Coe Read Quote
As women, our identity becomes subsumed by the fact that we are wives, daughters and mothers, and that becomes our all-encompassing identity. It happens with women because we are naturally driven towards being caretakers and being sacrificing. Soha Ali Khan Read Quote
Water-boarding can result in damage to the lungs and the brain, as well as long-term psychological trauma. Graydon Carter Read Quote
It was actually pretty difficult to grow up in the Star City. There were regular kids around me, and everybody knew that my father was a cosmonaut. Even at school, every teacher could comment on my behavior just because I was considered special. Roman Romanenko Read Quote
