When the written and spoken word is censored, the urban landscape becomes a nation’s only physical link to the past. Ma Jian Read Quote
It is jazz music that called me to be a musician and I have always sang the songs that moved me the most. Singers, like Frank Sinatra and myself, we interpret the songs that we like. Not unlike a Shakespearean actor that goes back to the greatest words ever written, we go back to the greatest songs. Harry Connick, Jr. Read Quote
What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. Oscar Wilde Read Quote
People don’t want to suffer. They want to sound good immediately, and this is one of the biggest problems in the world. Steve Lacy Read Quote
The plantations in the Hilo district enjoy special advantages, for by turning some of the innumerable mountain streams into flumes, the owners can bring a great part of their cane and all their wood for fuel down to the mills without other expense than the original cost of the woodwork. Isabella Bird Read Quote
They put me in a harness, like a horse, to learn the back somersault. It was weird up there when I put on that harness for the first time. The courage came with practice. Donald O'Connor Read Quote
While some people have rejected capitalism gladly and swiftly, I’ve done so slowly and reluctantly. Part of the reason was that I could see no clear alternative: unlike some anti-capitalists, I have never been an enthusiast for state communism. George Monbiot Read Quote
Everyone learns how to talk by doing an impression of their parents. I’m one of many people who has a highly developed ability to do that. James Adomian Read Quote
I can’t read, I don’t know how to write, my whole life has been one big fight. Albert King Read Quote
To be honest, I’m probably more of a comedy person, actually. I really enjoy the comedy stuff, and I’ve got some things I’ll be working on that I think are just different ways of combining genres in comedy and drama and action. Sharlto Copley Read Quote
