A harrassed and dubious childhood under the hand of a well-meaning but barbarous mother’s help from County Armagh led me to think of the North of Ireland as prison and the South as a land of escape. Louis MacNeice Read Quote
I’ve always been interested in masking, layering, dressing up and beautifying yourself and what that meant to black women. I’ve always wanted to make things that I haven’t seen before. Mickalene Thomas Read Quote
We teach our kids to be fair and things like that and if you make a mistake you apologize for it. Ken Griffey Jr. Read Quote
I’m trained in mixed martial arts. I started when I was 14 and did my first competition at 18. It was a grappling competition against all guys a weight category above me, and I got first place. Sydney Sweeney Read Quote
Even though Bandos is one of the biggest islands in the Maldives, it only takes 20 minutes to walk round. All it has are some chalets and a little harbour centre with three restaurants and a bar. The food is magnificent. Dominic Holland Read Quote
I never see myself as the famous person. It never was a part of my life, and I hope this doesn’t become the most eminent thing about what I do. I just hope that I’ll do things that have meaning for me and for others somehow. Ayelet Zurer Read Quote
There is little doubt that the majority of Mr. Mill’s supporters in 1865 did not know what his political opinions were, and that they voted for him simply on his reputation as a great thinker. Millicent Fawcett Read Quote
I think a lot of the time in films, men get roles where they create their own destiny and women are just tools, supporters for that. Ellen Page Read Quote
I was the first businessman to say, ‘You should give tax benefit to only small companies. You should say your profits are exempt to a limit of Rs. 50 crore or so, but beyond that, you should pay taxes.’ I have been arguing with successive finance ministers on this. N. R. Narayana Murthy Read Quote
For me, practice and discipline are the magic words to become big in any sport, especially soccer. Gabriel Batistuta Read Quote
