I held my father’s hand while he died of cancer, and it’s really painful when you do something like that up close and personal. My mother was already gone, and I was very, very close to my father. Elizabeth Warren Read Quote
I was always behind in class. There was people in my class who was amazing at art, amazing at maths, amazing at English, but I wasn’t clever with anything, even though I tried my hardest. Amy Childs Read Quote
I love turtlenecks; they are very chic, but I don’t wear them very often because it bothers me to have something around the neck. Jeanne Damas Read Quote
I’ve always been shy, but I see that as a good thing because it kept me focused on music. When I was in seventh grade, I asked my parents for a mobile recording system for Christmas, and I got it. I didn’t come out of my room for years after that. I’d get invited to the movies and I’d say, ‘I’m gonna finish a couple of demos.’ Hunter Hayes Read Quote
I was not very keen on joining the family business… there were 14 family members working together, and it worried me that I would not have enough individuality. Uday Kotak Read Quote
Someone said to me a long time ago, ‘You’re a drag queen,’ and at the time I was a little like… hello? But then I realized over the years that I actually am. Roisin Murphy Read Quote
Until Japan’s economy drove off a cliff, there was a running argument in Asia about whether it would be wiser to follow the ‘Japan model’ – with its megacorporations, jobs for life, state control of strategic industries – or the ‘American model’ of largely unfettered markets. David E. Sanger Read Quote
I am always searching for something different or something fresh, something hasn’t been done. But the truth is, at the end of the day, we’re all sort of retelling something. We’re doing a version of something that’s already been done. Lena Waithe Read Quote
