Mum has always been a huge anti-war activist. She would go off to protest and get arrested. I have her passion, but it is not for politics. I am much more interested in psychology. It’s more my job and my natural inclination. Joan Cusack Read Quote
What I responded to, on the page, was the way a poem could liberate, by means of a word’s setting, through subtleties of timing, of pacing, that word’s full and surprising range of meaning. It seemed to me that simple language best suited this enterprise. Louise Gluck Read Quote
The more I’ve done work with the IOC the more I’ve come to realize I’m really excited about this, the work that I’m doing and the impact that I can have if I’m fully committed to it. Angela Ruggiero Read Quote
Over the last few millennia we’ve invented a series of technologies – from the alphabet to the scroll to the codex, the printing press, photography, the computer, the smartphone – that have made it progressively easier and easier for us to externalize our memories, for us to essentially outsource this fundamental human capacity. Joshua Foer Read Quote
What you’re really after when you see a film or listen to a song is a singular vision, and I’m not sure how much of that you really get in Hollywood. Nick Cave Read Quote
The euro area must not be treated as an ‘opt out’ from the European Union. Jose Manuel Barroso Read Quote
When I arrived at Barcelona, I was following a dream, but I now realize sometimes it’s better to be content with what you have rather than follow a dream which nearly kills you. Zlatan Ibrahimovic Read Quote
I have no doubts that it will be a major sport-in the United States. I’m probably not going to live to see that day because Americans are a little afraid of getting interested in something at which they’re not very good. Lamar Hunt Read Quote
