When my father left us, my mother went back to school immediately. She went to school in the day while we were at school, and she worked at night. She worked very hard to never let someone define her as a victim or a failure. Ginni Rometty Read Quote
One of the very first serious books I read when I was growing up was ‘Atlas Shrugged.’ Mike Pompeo Read Quote
That makes a difference when you have all these Asian faces running then getting elected. You have some 30 people, many of them Democrats, running for Congress. When the community sees the other faces who look like them can run and win, I think it encourages them. Mazie Hirono Read Quote
There’s no telling how many guns we have in America – and when one gets used in a crime, no way for the cops to connect it to its owner. The only place the police can turn for help is a Kafkaesque agency in West Virginia, where, thanks to the gun lobby, computers are illegal and detective work is absurdly antiquated. Jeanne Marie Laskas Read Quote
I loved entertainment and acting, performing. I just liked the stage and having the spotlight and stuff. Shawn Mendes Read Quote
My dad’s a Jew, and my mom’s a WASP, so that should pretty much say it all. It was a comically dysfunctional family. Lake Bell Read Quote
I don’t have the energy or the mental security to get involved with all that. I think it’s a good idea to be able to disappear into the story, so that the first thing the audience sees isn’t you, but the part. Jeremy Northam Read Quote
Even a moderniser like Alexander II – who emancipated the serfs in 1861 – had no intention of devolving real power. Saul David Read Quote
My mom and dad both worked when I was little… My mom, her mom died when she was 11, so she had a rough childhood as well. She put herself through college in three years at the University of Texas – while working a job to pay for it. Nick Foles Read Quote
My bees cover one thousand square miles of land that I do not own in their foraging flights, flying from flower to flower for which I pay no rent, stealing nectar but pollinating plants in return. Sue Hubbell Read Quote
