When I was asked to do a song from ‘In the Heights’ at the White House in 2009, I chose instead to do ‘Alexander Hamilton’ because I felt like I was meeting a moment. Lin-Manuel Miranda Read Quote
The U.A.E. is a firm ally of the United States and deserves better treatment than it received in the Dubai Ports World fiasco in 2006. Elliott Abrams Read Quote
I could not agree more. The students of Delaware State often looked to the school as their chance, their hand up, their hope. And they gave their all. Michael N. Castle Read Quote
At the core of conservative social policy about race are old ideas that link racial inequality to non-traditional family formation and its attendant culture of poverty. Kimberle Williams Crenshaw Read Quote
I have seven uncles, and my dad played bass, they had a band together, that was the family band. And of course as the cousins got older, including myself, we joined a family band. All the cousins played. That’s my heritage. Jon Batiste Read Quote
And the woman who could win the respect of man was often the woman who could knock him down with her bare fists and sit on him until he yelled for help. Agnes Smedley Read Quote
It’s so hard for me to wrap my head around the concept of truth, I don’t even know what people mean by it. Aaron Koblin Read Quote
I never would have guessed that I would get a job for the way I sound. I would get notes about how I should lose my accent, and part of me thinks, ‘How dare you! This is who I am! Millions of people want to sound like me!’ But it’s sensitive, and I have tried to change it, with little to no success. Jack McBrayer Read Quote
Women are repeatedly accused of taking things personally. I cannot see any other honest way of taking them. Marya Mannes Read Quote
