Those songs are about getting out; they’re not about getting out of family. It wasn’t about how family life was curtailing because I didn’t know family life. Bob Geldof Read Quote
If you’re working for somebody and trying to check on them, it never works. You’re just saying what they want you to say at the end of the day. Matthew Stewart Read Quote
All nations struggle in the aftermath of civil war. More than 100 years after the English Civil War, for instance, any prelate who was ‘enthusiastic’ about religion attracted censure and suspicion. Amanda Foreman Read Quote
It wasn’t until late high school and early college that I gained enough size and skill to make me welcome on intramural basketball teams. Paul D. Boyer Read Quote
Working on the themes I was interested in, through the context of a particular family, was a very economical way of dealing with a lot of the issues I was concerned with. Atom Egoyan Read Quote
Prayers were held in Assembly Hall. We all perched in rows on wooden benches while teachers sat up on the platform in armchairs, facing us. Roald Dahl Read Quote
The Brits like to see their local chefs do well – when a foreign chef comes in – even Joel Robuchon – they are harshly critical. Alvin Leung Read Quote
As a child, you respond physically, tactically. You’re delighted by sound, you’re delighted by recognizing something. It’s like hide and seek. Is it there? Is it not there? Is it this note? Is it not this note? It’s one fantastic game. Yitzhak Shamir Read Quote
In the U.S., we are free to speak our minds and to spend money without being forced to reveal our identities – except when using the Web. Browsing the Web leaves digital tracks everywhere in the form of log files, and anyone who hosts a Web site can be easily traced. Jamais Cascio Read Quote
My little sister, the first thing she said was, ‘Can we go shopping?’ I said, ‘Just because I am gay does not mean I want to go shopping!’ Scott Evans Read Quote
