If the Asian financial crisis had the impact of accelerating China’s rise, the transatlantic financial crisis has had the effect of accelerating Germany’s rise. Sanjaya Baru Read Quote
I do hope in Ireland children in schools can experience the richness of chess and it’s positive effects. Judit Polgar Read Quote
The banks have accounts with the Fed, much the same way that you have an account in a commercial bank. Ben Bernanke Read Quote
I think if you’re impregnated with good literature, with good culture, you’re much more difficult to manipulate, and you’re much more aware of the dangers that powers represent. Mario Vargas Llosa Read Quote
A lot of the people I know connect through working. We’re all so ambitious. Sometimes my friends will say, ‘I want to hang out with you.’ And I just go, ‘Well, let’s do a project together.’ That’s the only way I can. Jill Soloway Read Quote
Dad had a music store, and he’d often bring home comedy albums that I would listen to. I started listening to Bob Newhart and Bill Cosby, and developing taste. They really influenced my style of comedy. Billy Crystal Read Quote
My mum, she has a very specific way of mixing bourgeois and hippie. She doesn’t wear a lot of make-up, but she always has to wear glasses, and she has this huge collection of glasses. And no rules. Mariacarla Boscono Read Quote
I think people care. If not, why do so many people spend money going on vacations to see architecture? They go to the Parthenon, to Chartres, to the Sydney Opera House. They go to Bilbao… Something compels them, and yet we live surrounded by everything but great architecture. Frank Gehry Read Quote
The dream is to win a Grand Slam and that is what I’m playing for and training for. It’s tough, but I believe that maybe one day I’ll be lucky enough to win one. Gael Monfils Read Quote
