In the English books, the American kids’ books, typically, there is a problem, the characters grapple with that problem, and the problem is resolved. Pamela Druckerman Read Quote
The reason Jennifer Lawrence is allowed to be a body-positive role model to young girls and ‘chubby’ women is because she is representative of conventional beauty. Jennifer Armintrout Read Quote
Rather than opera, football is more like ballet or a chess game. You can really see it in a team like Arsenal, especially when Dennis Bergkamp was playing. He seemed to be able to read the game like a chessboard and knew where a player would be several seconds later and put the ball there for him. Marcus du Sautoy Read Quote
Everybody wants respect. In their own way, three-year-olds would like respect, and acknowledgment, in their terms. Aretha Franklin Read Quote
One of my lungs is half gone, and the other half, because I smoked for years, has a lesion. So I can’t swim anymore and had the swimming pool covered over. Now it’s what I call the dance pavilion, and so I and my friends sit out and put music on and watch people dance. Maya Angelou Read Quote
