As soon as I was introduced to ice speed skating, I was instantly hooked. I never thought about pursuing skating professionally; I just enjoyed doing it. Shani Davis Read Quote
For ages, I had this mullet until someone on the street stopped me and said, ‘Darling, can I cut your hair for free? Because you look a bit weird.’ Natalia Tena Read Quote
It’s my goal to show the world that Americans know how to help Americans without expecting the government to come riding in on a white horse and save the day. Mike Gallagher Read Quote
Becoming a mom makes politics real. Whether it’s education policies, health care policies, family leave – it informs your decision-making. Cathy McMorris Rodgers Read Quote
I love the fact that people don’t see the ukulele as a serious instrument. A lot of people see it as more of a toy, and I love that because it just proves that people aren’t intimidated by the instrument. They aren’t afraid to pick it up. Jake Shimabukuro Read Quote
I played fly-half in rugby, so I could influence the game, and midfield in hockey too. So it is part of my sporting DNA to want to be in the game at all times, to affect what is going on. That’s down to genetics and being ginger, I reckon. We’re special specimens. Jonny Bairstow Read Quote
The essential gesture of the contemporary novel is to get people to turn the page, to entertain them, and I hate that. I want a novel where the gesture is towards existential investigation on every page. That, to me, is thrilling. David Shields Read Quote
Look: the day I’ve made a movie that I think is really good, I hope I say it out loud so somebody can say, ‘Then you probably made the worst movie of your entire career.’ Christopher McQuarrie Read Quote
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead, ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’ And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle, and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it. Eduardo Galeano Read Quote
I started putting down my thoughts on paper out of loneliness while I was studying in America. I was very close to my grandfather, and when he died, I couldn’t visit home. I started scribbling those thoughts. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Read Quote
