But if I were to say who influenced me most, then I’d say Franz Kafka. And his works were always anchored in the Central European region. Vaclav Havel Read Quote
It’s like your children talking about holidays, you find they have a quite different memory of it from you. Perhaps everything is not how it is, but how it’s remembered. Denis Norden Read Quote
After World War II, we awoke to find our wartime ally, Stalin, had emerged as a greater enemy than Germany or Japan. Stalin’s empire stretched from the Elbe to the Pacific. Lawrence Kudlow Read Quote
I think mine’s such a mish-mash now: I get criticised for sounding like a Yank when I come home, and everybody thinks I’m Australian when I’m in America. Martin Henderson Read Quote
I had taken a course in Ethics. I read a thick textbook, heard the class discussions and came out of it saying I hadn’t learned a thing I didn’t know before about morals and what is right or wrong in human conduct. Carl Sandburg Read Quote
Let’s just say that I have a tendency if I am uncomfortable in a situation to speak my mind. Octavia Spencer Read Quote
I’m someone who has grown physically at a later age, I was always one of the smallest players. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Read Quote
Hundreds of ballplayers have performed well after Tommy John surgery, in which an elbow ligament is replaced by material from elsewhere on the body. More and more, athletes will perform with a bit of this or a bit of that in a joint or muscle. George Vecsey Read Quote
A lot of black-and-white films generally have a color version that will be used for TV. Noah Baumbach Read Quote