I’ve always been ‘other’ in all the spaces that I’ve been in. Even when I first moved to America, just the idea that I was a dark-skinned black girl from England with an accent. It’s one thing to be a black girl, but it’s another to be a dark black girl. I was chastised for that. I was chastised for the way I spoke. Jodie Turner-Smith Read Quote
I got my big break at the Royal Variety Performance in 2006 and returned in 2008, but now to host it is such an honour and I’m unbelievably excited. Michael McIntyre Read Quote
The days I see a Make-A-Wish kid are the best days of the week. It’s a real privilege. I give them exactly what they give me – hope. John Cena Read Quote
Once the U.S. and NATO walked away from Libya, a chaotic, lawless state in the soft underbelly of Europe arose. Pete Hoekstra Read Quote
To draft a bill of rights that simply replicates the European convention on human rights gives the game away; namely that the Human Rights Act does, in fact, offer appropriate protection to all of our citizens according to universally accepted standards. Keir Starmer Read Quote
Of my English friends, I should find language too poor to speak the just praise and the excellence which shines in their characters and lives. Dorothea Dix Read Quote
In the media, I always seemed to come across as someone who was poking fun at the Scots and their football. I guess the Scottish public needed someone to blame for their international defeats, and I fitted the bill perfectly. Jimmy Hill Read Quote
Not every programme dealing with issues of global significance has to be fronted by last week’s winner of Have I Got News For You-but I suppose you might be wrong. Jonathan Dimbleby Read Quote
I went to school for special education. I always assumed when I had the opportunity I would love to try and help kids with disabilities. Clay Aiken Read Quote
Being Irish-American myself, Irish-American material is readily at hand to me. Alice McDermott Read Quote
