My mother, a teacher, encouraged me to use my creativity as an actual way to make a living, and my father, a Mississippi physician, did two things. First, he taught me that all human beings should be treated equally because no one is better than anyone else, and he never pressured me to become a doctor. Greg Iles Read Quote
Stand-up was my entree into the entertainment world. I didn’t have to act out somebody else’s words. I could just stand there with a microphone, and nobody would interrupt me. It’s the most narcissistic thing you could probably do. Chelsea Handler Read Quote
I’m not necessarily proud of the World Cups and the grand slams won or lost, the amount of points I scored, this record or that. Jonny Wilkinson Read Quote
It took me a long time to find out that I was born to be an actor. It was the last thing on my list, although my list was very small. I didn’t know what to do. But kids weren’t supposed to know what to do back then; we were all cute and we’d find out what we’d do later in life. Rutger Hauer Read Quote
Diversity is not one in the room. Diversity is not two in the room. Diversity is not three in the room. True diversity is half the room. Ava DuVernay Read Quote
During my time in prison, I told myself that I wanted to be a part of the solution and not the problem. Michael Vick Read Quote
I know a lot of people think a cappella is this cutesy, kind of novel thing. Kevin Olusola Read Quote
Whenever we have had a need for a national security or public safety issue, Congress has always followed the recommendations of the White House, regardless of who is in control, giving them the resources to keep America safe and to enforce our laws. Jim Sensenbrenner Read Quote
England has not wholly escaped the curse which must ever befall a free government which holds extensive provinces in subjection; for, although she has not lost her liberty or fallen into anarchy, yet we behold the population of England crushed to the earth by the superincumbent weight of debt and taxation, which may one day terminate in revolution. John C. Calhoun Read Quote
