We wanted to really push ourselves on ‘Past Lives’ to actually hold back sometimes, sing in falsetto, let the music open up and take its space. Chrissy Costanza Read Quote
Most sermons sound to me like commercials – but I can’t make out whether God is the Sponsor or the Product. Mignon McLaughlin Read Quote
When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe. John Muir Read Quote
All Southern state colleges and universities are open to black students. Constance Baker Motley Read Quote
When I first was conducting as guest conductor in Europe 25 years ago, I would propose doing American pieces and grudgingly it would be accepted from time to time. Michael Tilson Thomas Read Quote
Of course voting is useful. But then again, I don’t put a big glow to it. Voting is about as essential as washing yourself. It’s something you’re supposed to do. Now, you can’t go around bragging, expecting to get props because you voted. That’s stupid. Chuck D Read Quote
There’s a lot in my closet. I’ve been collecting things since I was five. I’m definitely a pack rat. I’m not a hoarder, but I’m definitely a pack rat. I will keep anything if I have a memory in it or a good moment. Johnny Weir Read Quote
When I was a child in England before the war, Christmas pudding always contained at least one shiny new sixpence, and it was considered a sign of great good luck for the new year to find one in your helping of the pudding. Michael Korda Read Quote
A novel, even a social realist one, can’t simply be a comprehensive rendering of what is. A novel requires a special angle or approach, whether in structure or language or theme, to justify itself. Chang-Rae Lee Read Quote
Our Constitution does not profess to have been established simply by the majority, but by ‘the people’ – the minority as much as the majority. Lysander Spooner Read Quote
