Once the brokerage house, rather than the bank, became the locus for American savings, that money would find its way into the stock market, because the broker was someone with a much higher tolerance for risk than the banker. Ron Chernow Read Quote
I don’t use recurring characters. I do get very interested in my characters while I’m working with them, and I find the process of fitting them into a story, and allowing them to create the story around themselves, fascinating. But no, I don’t imagine they have a life outside of what I make for them. Jessica Abel Read Quote
Being a classical musician, you can go to school for it; you can go get a degree. Even as a composer, there is a certain career path you can follow, but becoming a rock musician is a much more elusive career. How do you learn that or do that? Bryce Dessner Read Quote
It was funny to hear that I’d slapped Bieber. I thought it was a joke. Then it blew up. I probably got 50 texts about it. Blake Griffin Read Quote
We have to be thankful for what we have. A lot of kids would love to be in our situation, and we realize that. Cole Sprouse Read Quote
What makes a leader great is not the fact that she (or he) has all the answers, but the ability to inspire and empower us to find the answers. Abhijit Banerjee Read Quote
We will never allow anyone, any organization, or any political party, at any time or in any form, to separate any part of Chinese territory from China. Xi Jinping Read Quote
War and Peace’ holds a strange place in literary history, participating in the crowning of realism as a substantial and serious literary mode in America, even as the novel also contributed to the argument that historical fiction could be by nature dangerous, illegitimate, and inaccurate. Alexander Chee Read Quote
I love Coldplay. The lights, and the sound quality They really play their instruments. Sometimes, during the show, they’ll make a mistake and stop. I think they do it intentionally just to show you they’re really playing it live. B.o.B Read Quote
