People sort of accuse Tolkien of not being good with female characters, and I think that Eowyn actually proves that to be wrong to some degree. Eowyn is actually a strong female character, and she’s a surprisingly modern character, considering who Tolkien actually was sort of a stuffy English professor in the 1930s and ’40s. Peter Jackson Read Quote
Law enforcement officers are never ‘off duty.’ They are dedicated public servants who are sworn to protect public safety at any time and place that the peace is threatened. They need all the help that they can get. Barbara Boxer Read Quote
I’ve been really lucky. I think that you really get what you recognize is in the universe. Janina Gavankar Read Quote
Feminism’s agenda is basic: It asks that women not be forced to choose between public justice and private happiness. Susan Faludi Read Quote
The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or merit. Jonathan Swift Read Quote
Three centuries after the appearance of Franklin’s ‘Courant’, it no longer requires a dystopic imagination to wonder who will have the dubious distinction of publishing America’s last genuine newspaper. Few believe that newspapers in their current printed form will survive. Eric Alterman Read Quote
Okay, I’m going to let you in on a little secret: I’m a very superstitious person. I’m walking onto the plane as we speak. I’m putting my hands on the outside of the plane and my feet are on the lip of the plane. I have to do it every time before I fly. Jessica Chastain Read Quote
I used to subscribe to Nintendo Power. The first issue had ‘Mario 2,’ and it had all the characters rendered in clay. So I started making all of these characters out of clay. Rhiannon Giddens Read Quote
