The thing is, I don’t want to be sold to when I walk into a store. I want to be welcomed. Angela Ahrendts Read Quote
When you are in a competition, and there’s however many men competing alongside you, you do not get to determine when you go to lift… you don’t know how many guys will make it to the next round. You don’t know how long they’re going to take. Brian Shaw Read Quote
I had no idea what being on stage would be like or how I’d react to the applause. I didn’t think I deserved their applause. Then I realized I’d done something to make them feel something. That made it okay. But it was weird. A nice weird. Wilson Cruz Read Quote
And at the same time, I had my very first concert at the age of 16. I hadn’t heard a symphony orchestra before, and I was so deeply impressed I said I have to be a conductor. Kurt Masur Read Quote
The best thing about writing speculative fiction is the opportunity to satirize the whole wide world. The America in ‘A Better World’ isn’t ours, but it’s pretty close, so I could lampoon everything from partisan politics to the cult of celebrity to our general disaffection. To me, all that is the point. Marcus Sakey Read Quote
When I graduated from law school in 1959, there wasn’t a single woman on any federal bench. It wouldn’t be a realistic ambition for a woman to want to become a federal judge. It wasn’t realistic until Jimmy Carter became our president. Ruth Bader Ginsburg Read Quote
You don’t need to be for or against the war to provide morale and support to the men and women who are fighting over seas. These are human beings who are doing a service. Mike Thompson Read Quote
