There is a great advantage in training under unfavorable conditions. It is better to train under bad conditions, for the difference is then a tremendous relief in a race. Emil Zatopek Read Quote
I think there’s nothing that makes you happier than to be really involved in something. I can’t imagine a totally idle life. Lee Radziwill Read Quote
I write at home. I like to be able to take a nap, watch TV, make a sandwich, and if I wake up and don’t feel like working, I’m not going to bang my head on my desk all day: I’ll go out and do something else. Colson Whitehead Read Quote
I was born in Japan, and then we went to Korea, and I was raised in Nebraska. Merle Dandridge Read Quote
Music was my salvation, the thing I loved most and did best. Whatever was fun, I’d go do that. Roy Clark Read Quote
Raja Ravi Varma was one of the few Indians who not only understood women but also represented them exquisitely in a single dimension within four frames, infusing each painting with life through the use of color. Suhasini Maniratnam Read Quote
The most joyful part of writing, for me, is when I am 90% there, and suddenly the story clicks into place, and things finally start to make sense. Jenny Han Read Quote
My wish for humanity is to invent a way to communicate between us and whatever comes next. And in the end that we the creator of the sentient sapient and the created we have a symbiotic relationship. Sugata Mitra Read Quote
At any given moment, I’ve always assumed that nearly everyone around me was smarter than I was, more naturally gifted, quicker-witted, and probably capable of understanding Heidegger and Derrida. Michael Dirda Read Quote
