Throughout the European Middle Ages and Renaissance, Latin was the language of learning and international communication. But in the early modern period, it was gradually displaced by French. By the eighteenth century, all the world – or at least all of Europe – aspired to be Parisian. Michael Dirda Read Quote
She was not a white woman. She was not a Greek… Until the emergence of the doctrine of white superiority, Cleopatra was generally pictured as a distinctly African woman, dark in color. John Henrik Clarke Read Quote
The sports page records people’s accomplishments, the front page usually records nothing, but man’s failures. Barbara Walters Read Quote
The way we function in society – it doesn’t make sense sometimes because it’s all based on how you look and then how badly you should feel after you eat the food we just advertised. And then when someone in the public eye goes up or down, it’s like a major moment. Raven-Symone Read Quote
As far as being satisfied, I just don’t think you should work towards being satisfied. If everybody were satisfied, we’d never get anything done. Jason Isbell Read Quote
Having a day job again I found really kind of fueled my fiction, because it became almost this forbidden thing where I had to sneak off and do it in private. Jennifer Weiner Read Quote
I can’t imagine how people will react to my music. For me, it’s a really fluid process from one record to the next, but it’s really up to the listener. Jenny Lewis Read Quote
I grew up on a very specific diet of certain weird movies. Of course, being black, there are more black movies in there. I’ll get to bring some of those references into ‘Mystery Science Theater 3000.’ Baron Vaughn Read Quote
