Today is the first of August. It is hot, steamy and wet. It is raining. I am tempted to write a poem. But I remember what it said on one rejection slip: ‘After a heavy rainfall, poems titled ‘Rain’ pour in from across the nation.’ Sylvia Plath Read Quote
Nobody knows this, but the first actual purchase, after I signed my deal and called my bank account and heard how much money was in there – ’cause I was so broke and hungry – was Taco Bell. Logic Read Quote
Because Scotland and Northern Ireland want to remain part of the E.U., there is the quite real possibility that Scotland and even Northern Ireland might now choose to go their own way on membership within the E.U. and the ‘United Kingdom’ would suddenly effectively be only England and Wales. Peter Bergen Read Quote
I’m on Twitter, but I’m not super active. I follow a lot of the same people that a lot of people follow: Rob Delaney, Megan Amram, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, people I’ve worked with. Randall Park Read Quote
In those of us who have the mysterious ability to amuse others, it is usually the case that even before we were aware of our own abilities, we had become practiced at laughing more than other children in our social circle. Steve Allen Read Quote
We live in an impatient world. Everybody is always looking for the next big Kobe, the next big LeBron, the next big Twitter. Shaquille O'Neal Read Quote
I can really appreciate how hard it is to win a major, and to win back-to-back is special. Brooks Koepka Read Quote
The autobiographer works in a treacherous terrain. The journalist has a much safer job. Janet Malcolm Read Quote
It takes but one person, one moment, one conviction, to start a ripple of change. Donna Brazile Read Quote
