The way I see it is that I grew up with a good set of values, but it was never too strict. I was always encouraged to be a free-thinking individual. I spent the first five years out of high school trying to make it work in Eau Claire, then I had to leave because there wasn’t enough going on in town. Justin Vernon Read Quote
I came through the Sixties so I was perfectly aware of drug-taking but I came from South Africa and we were brought up in quite an old-fashioned way. If I went to a rave or a party, I’d be behind the barbecue flipping the burgers. I wasn’t out there partying. Prue Leith Read Quote
I mean, people who say that the Tea Party isn’t a grassroots movement, I think, are incorrect. I think in some respects, it is a grassroots movement. Matt Taibbi Read Quote
She would go to Memphis and this was after our divorce. And I would send her to Memphis to be with him. Priscilla Presley Read Quote
The carrying out of the Potsdam Agreement has, however, been obstructed by the failure of the Allied Control Council to take the necessary steps to enable the German economy to function as an economic unit. James F. Byrnes Read Quote
The more pain that’s referenced or implied, the deeper the laugh can be because the laughter heals the pain. So you’ve got to have the pain, and then you have the laugh. Mimi Kennedy Read Quote
I think I’ve benefited from not being hugely known. It means I have to do something really effective to be noticed. Ben Mendelsohn Read Quote
I was lucky enough to have parents that took me out from country to country and go to school and learn how to be a better person. Barkhad Abdi Read Quote
