Monarchs, aristocrats, and other powerful and wealthy individuals have usually been happy to have themselves and their possessions and families immortalised in oil paintings and sculpture. But before the 20th century, such dynasts rarely commissioned artworks that set out to represent society as a whole. Linda Colley Read Quote
And you know, we did it as an independent film, and we weren’t expecting it to be on television, and Lifetime ended up buying it. And the viewers responded intensely to that film. Jenna Elfman Read Quote
For Alkaline Trio, Chicago is our hometown. The band started there. Even though we all live in different cities now, we still call Chicago home, and it’s always really exciting to come back and play for our best crowd. Matt Skiba Read Quote
I don’t know why people be in the club trying to be so cool. Standing around, trying to be cool. I don’t get that. I just think everybody wanna be a star. That’s why people don’t dance. Mustard Read Quote
Birth and death are the most singular events we experience – and the contemplation of death, as of birth, should be a thing of beauty, not ignobility. Jacob K. Javits Read Quote
When I became a choreographer, I was not assisting any choreographer. I was assisting the director Mansoor Ali Khan for ‘Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar.’ I was the fourth assistant director. Farah Khan Read Quote
I had reached a point in my career in which I was ready to try something new in my writing, and the idea of a novel has always been in the back of my mind. E. O. Wilson Read Quote
Boys are easy. I mean, there are just a lot of bruises when they’re young. With boys, you get a lot of accidental jabs in the eye and stepping on your feet, and those tantrums they cause when they don’t want to leave the toy store. Jodie Foster Read Quote
Chemists employed by the police can do remarkable things with blood. They can weave it into a rope to hang a man. Margery Allingham Read Quote
