Thanks to the unprecedented reach of British navigation, London in the early 18th century was not just the emporium of the world, it was the first place in which it was possible to assemble artifacts from around the world and allow people to study them. Neil MacGregor Read Quote
The plainer the dress, the greater luster does beauty appear. Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax Read Quote
I stopped eating dairy; it’s hard, being from New York I have a soft spot in my heart for pizza. Noah Galvin Read Quote
My personal missteps – how many Americans have died as a result of that? None. Other than my family, how many victims were there? None. And yet, in refusing to engage in a responsible debate about Iraq, how many Americans died? Thousands. And America seems to have no problem with that. Scott Ritter Read Quote
I did get myself into little scrapes when I was younger and a bit stupid, but there is only one manager I have worked under who ever spoke a bad word about me. Craig Bellamy Read Quote
I like the challenge of trying different things and wondering whether it’s going to work or whether I’m going to fall flat on my face. Johnny Depp Read Quote
Normal people, who can be good people but do bad things, are very interesting to me, and people that never get a parking ticket or never do a bad thing in their lives can be really dangerous. Emily Mortimer Read Quote
America doesn’t reward people of my age, either in day-to-day life or for their performances. Meryl Streep Read Quote