My parents gave me an incredible foundation and a strong faith in who I am. They loved me in the face of so many unknowns. Lizzie Velasquez Read Quote
The transgressive nature of biography is rarely acknowledged, but it is the only explanation for biography’s status as a popular genre. Janet Malcolm Read Quote
Israel fights back, which is very much at odds with the Jewish instinct to discuss and deconstruct everything until action itself seems senseless. Elizabeth Wurtzel Read Quote
White people are so fragile, God bless ’em. ‘Well, I didn’t own slaves.’ No you didn’t. Nobody is asking you to take personal responsibility for this. But you’re a beneficiary of a system that did. Just own that and move on. Rhiannon Giddens Read Quote
If you have debt, you have to worry about it. I would challenge each of you to try to be debt-free. S. Truett Cathy Read Quote
If a sanctuary city means that our police department does not enforce federal immigration laws, then we are one. But declaring yourself a ‘sanctuary city’ also signals to a lot of people that you are protecting hard-core criminals, which I don’t, and I don’t believe in. Eric Garcetti Read Quote
The processes of teaching the child that everything cannot be as he wills it are apt to be painful both to him and to his teacher. Anne Sullivan Read Quote
I want to go to Washington to make sure we really have an opportunity to expand health care for folks so that is accessible to them. Ilhan Omar Read Quote
