I was going to show my kids that no matter what happened with their parents, parole officers and other teachers, I wouldn’t give up on them. I let them know it matters to me that you come to class, it matters to me that you try, it matters to me when you succeed. Erin Gruwell Read Quote
I grew up in the Boys & Girls Club. That’s where I really started playing all sports, and that’s why I’m a big advocate for the work they do. Frank Thomas Read Quote
Bertelsmann understood our vision when they first invested in us… They still believe in that vision. Shawn Fanning Read Quote
Fewer and fewer bars are doing live music. Instead it’s more DJs and dance parties. Sturgill Simpson Read Quote
I have such bad memories, sitting in the back of a classroom, being told, you know, everybody is going to read a paragraph, and skipping ahead to my paragraph and being mortified and trying to read it enough times so that I wouldn’t stutter and stammer, getting called on, even in high school. Vince Flynn Read Quote
We see very, very high rates of C-sections, Cesarean sections, in India. Lots of reasons for it, high levels of malnutrition have meant that women have very small pelvic areas often, so if they have larger babies, it’s very hard to deliver. Jacqueline Novogratz Read Quote
My relationship with Salman Khan is too personal to talk about. I take my work like any other regular job, and what I do in my personal life is no one’s business. I’d rather let my work do all the talking. Katrina Kaif Read Quote
Grip pressure – not mechanical flaws – is the biggest factor when you’re nervous. You unconsciously grip it tighter, which keeps you from making a smooth swing with a natural release. Keep your grip pressure light, and you’ll be surprised how much your mechanics stabilize. Ernie Els Read Quote
Today when we say the West we are already referring to the West and to Russia. We could use the word ‘modernity’ if we exclude Africa, and the Islamic world, and partially China. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Read Quote
