I had a band before I did standup – I’ve always done music. I got known for being funny, and that’s how I make a living – and from acting – but I never stopped playing and producing and recording music. Eddie Murphy Read Quote
My father passed from cancer in 2000; his brother died of cancer before that. My grandfather died of cancer. Hill Harper Read Quote
The Nobel Prize in Economics is an incredible recognition for the work that my students, colleagues and I have done over the years. We all worked hard, but we were also lucky that the financial applications were so important. Robert F. Engle Read Quote
My mother-in-law has so many wrinkles, when she smiles she looks like a Venetian blind. Les Dawson Read Quote
I would say that there’s definitely some advantages with me being able to talk shop with some of the effects people. Because I come from a post-production world, I can speak shorthand with them. I don’t think many other actors can say that and know how the process 100% works. Masi Oka Read Quote
I have no problem with the idea of comfort, but it is not an important thing aesthetically. If you look at a shoe and immediately say it looks very comfortable, in terms of design, it is not going to excite me. Of course, I am not putting nails in my shoes to ensure everybody is in pain, but a heel is not a pair of slippers and never will be. Christian Louboutin Read Quote
Mbeki began to write a study of the workings of apartheid policy in the reserves – the areas set aside in law for African occupation – as early as 1959 and 1960. Ruth First Read Quote
The contemplative life is often miserable. One must act more, think less, and not watch oneself live. Nicolas Chamfort Read Quote
