American high school students trail teenagers from 14 European and Asian countries in reading, math and science. We’re even trailing France. Suzanne Fields Read Quote
I was born in Belgium on 6 November 1932. I am married to Mira Nikomarow and have five children: Michele, Anne, Georges, from a first marriage with Esther Dujardin, and Sarah, Helene from a second one with Danielle Vindal. Francois Englert Read Quote
While I was writing the songs for ‘Fuzz Universe,’ I was immersing myself in Bulgarian Female Choir music, Baroque lute and violin pieces, Johnny Cash songs about trains, cows, mules, and mining coal, the Bee Gees, and Ronnie James Dio. Paul Gilbert Read Quote
The problem with the film industry is that once one starts out as a villain, subsequent offers are those of similar roles. Rahul Dev Read Quote
My dad had an eighth grade education, and everything that he did in his life was just stuff that he went out and did – figured out what he needed to know and read. Very successful, a union contractor. Mitch Pileggi Read Quote
Music permeates everything I do. I love everything from Grace Jones to Nicki Minaj to Underworld to D.J. MikeQ and beyond. Music is integral to my personal inspiration. Pat McGrath Read Quote
There are varieties of Spanglish. There’s Spanglish spoken by Cuban Americans in Miami called cubonics is different from Mexican American Spanglish, but thanks to the Internet, thanks to radio and television, thanks to what is happening in the classrooms, in the streets in the restaurants, we are finding a middle ground. Ilan Stavans Read Quote
I think the number one thing that I find important is the importance of honesty with your friends and your parents, if you can be. But I think that telling people how you really feel, being who you truly are, being safe and taking care of yourself is the most important thing. Emma Stone Read Quote
Only one person can retire Brock Lesnar – only one person can end his career – and that person’s going to be me. Matt Riddle Read Quote
We have been talking about public engagement for a decade. For me it is about recognising that the mission of science has to be embedded within our culture – the direction in which science is going has to be determined by all of us, and so we need a dialogue with the public. Alice Roberts Read Quote
