In this world, conversations are negotiations for closeness in which people try to seek and give confirmation and support, and to reach consensus. They try to protect themselves from others’ attempts to push them away. Deborah Tannen Read Quote
Like the Caribbean Windrush generation, my parents came to this country from the Commonwealth in the 1960s. They, too, came to help rebuild this country and offer all that they had. Sajid Javid Read Quote
Passion is very important to me. If you stop enjoying things, you’ve got to look at it, because it can lead to all kinds of depressing scenarios. Nicolas Cage Read Quote
The past is only the present become invisible and mute; and because it is invisible and mute, its memorized glances and its murmurs are infinitely precious. We are tomorrow’s past. Mary Webb Read Quote
Anxiety is a kind of fuel that activates the fight-or-flight part of the brain in me. It makes sure that a velociraptor isn’t around the corner and that you do as much as you possibly can to survive. Because Hollywood has a lot in common with ‘Jurassic Park’ and its primeval-dinosaur universe. Ben Affleck Read Quote
So many features at Sundance seemed to be powered more on the director’s need to be a director than any particular story. Jill Soloway Read Quote
I know that I don’t have a problem with women knowing more or learning more or performing better or making more money. Anubhav Sinha Read Quote
They kicked me out of the church when I’m a little girl because they said I’m singing like a dog. They didn’t want me to sing there anymore. Concha Buika Read Quote
Chicago’s buoy was a couple of hundred yards astern of Arizona, and I was saddened to look at her. Jack Adams Read Quote
