An all-girls school, when you have 800 girls from the age of 11 to 18, you would think, should be a prime opportunity to really inject a sense of confidence and power. And instead, we were very much taught in relation to men, in terms of what the brother school would think of us. Lucy Boynton Read Quote
If there is still an American dream, reading is one of the bootstraps by which we can all pull ourselves up. Karin Slaughter Read Quote
The difference between being a victim and a survivor is often a low level of situational awareness. You can’t be a super-spy, watchful and paranoid every day. But I am more watchful than the average American. Barry Eisler Read Quote
So it was a thing that my mother always taught me to go for your goals and never give up no matter what they are, and I started believing that later on in life. Michael Clarke Duncan Read Quote
I remember, when I was 7, my dad found a pregnant dog on the railroad track one day and brought her home. So my mom explained about how this dog was married but that her husband had passed away – she didn’t want me to even think that a dog could have babies without being married. Bonnie Hunt Read Quote
It’s important to reinvent yourself often, because if you don’t, someone else will and squash you like a bug. Blackbear Read Quote
I wanted to finish at the top of the game and on my own terms. I thought it was the perfect time at the World Cup and to go out at Chelsea. Chelsea and England were immense in how they have supported me in that transition. Karen Carney Read Quote
For me, writing a novel is like having a dream. Writing a novel lets me intentionally dream while I’m still awake. I can continue yesterday’s dream today, something you can’t normally do in everyday life. Haruki Murakami Read Quote
Let America Vote will make the case for voting rights by exposing the real motivations of those who favor voter suppression laws. Jason Kander Read Quote
