I love contemporary North American fiction and short fiction. My favorite writer is Jonathan Franzen, and my favorite writers of short fiction are George Saunders and Alice Munro. Emily Perkins Read Quote
I was in the top 10 rock n’ roll artists – up there with Sid Vicious. I always had that edge. Lee Ryan Read Quote
The truth of the matter is that I have lasted a long time, and with it comes both good and bad things. One of the good things is that no one can ever take my career away from me. No one can ever say, ‘You can’t be in the theater any more.’ Harold Prince Read Quote
I had many attempts to become No. 1, and it was really tough mentally to keep believing that it would happen one day, but then it was really tough to stay there because I felt the pressure at every tournament. Simona Halep Read Quote
It is a truth universally acknowledged, in the enlightened liberal semi-socialist California circles in which I often move, that Uber is evil. Jon Evans Read Quote
And I hope very much that the ALP will become increasingly engaged in the international discussions that are taking place amongst centre-left parties generally. Patricia Hewitt Read Quote
I was very surprised that they would ask a foreign actress to be Lady Macbeth, but I felt it was an opportunity that I couldn’t miss. Having the opportunity to play Shakespeare in English – that wouldn’t come twice. Marion Cotillard Read Quote
In reality, student loan forgiveness is welfare for the rich: a federal mandate that people who will make less money on average over the course of their lives bail out people who will make more money on average over the course of their lives. Michael J. Knowles Read Quote
If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn’t. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism. Oscar Wilde Read Quote