My grandfather was the king of a region in western Nigeria, where I had the privilege to live for seven years while growing up. But what we think of as royalty in the U.K. is very different to royalty in Nigeria: if you were to throw a stone there, you would hit about 30 princes. David Oyelowo Read Quote
Downton Abbey’ is one of my favourite shows ever – it’s just beautifully filmed, and the stories and characters are so wonderful. Amanda Donohoe Read Quote
I felt that it was my mission to see to it that black talent had an opportunity to get national television exposure. Don Cornelius Read Quote
Writing is powerful. Whether it’s a little girl hiding from the Nazis in an attic, or Amnesty International writing letters on behalf of political prisoners, the power of telling stories is usually what causes change. Erin Gruwell Read Quote
We do not know it because we are fooling away our time with outward and perishing things, and are asleep in regard to that which is real within ourself. Paracelsus Read Quote
I think what every skater dreams of is not only skating the best program they can possibly skate, but, y’know, having the crowd roar at the end, and it was just so loud I couldn’t even hear my music. Sarah Hughes Read Quote
I don’t read good reviews. I like to know what percentages are going on. When Sony sends out something saying that people are liking the movie, I like to know that, but I don’t actually sit and read the good stuff. Evan Goldberg Read Quote
I don’t typically work that late into the night in a studio, I’m more productive during the day. Amy Ray Read Quote
Sense data are much more controversial than qualia, because they are associated with a controversial theory of perception – that one perceives the world by perceiving one’s sense-data, or something like that. David Chalmers Read Quote
