I have always managed to combine my family life and my career, but there came a point when I had to choose between a career in America and my family. I chose my family. Vera Lynn Read Quote
The degradation of natural resources such as forests and freshwater has removed much of the resilience that societies formerly enjoyed. Barry Gardiner Read Quote
In the worst memoirs, you can feel the author justifying himself – forgiving himself – in every paragraph. In the best memoirs, the author is tougher on him- or herself than his or her readers will ever be. Darin Strauss Read Quote
Time’s Up is finally, it would seem, activism with some teeth. It isn’t perfect, however. One of the first acts of protest – urging celebrities to wear black to awards shows – reveals a worrisome willingness to keep lunging toward those lazy, meaningless and empty gestures that cheapen the seriousness of an issue. S.E. Cupp Read Quote
It is my biggest regret that I gave up 10 runs on my last outing as a Ranger. Yotam Ottolenghi Read Quote
People don’t contest that I’m British as a black man, but they do contest that I’m English. Too many people are going back to an ethnocentric idea of what being English means. David Lammy Read Quote
I always tell actors when they go in for an audition: Don’t be afraid to do what your instincts tell you. You may not get the part, but people will take notice. Robert De Niro Read Quote
