If you continue to plow ahead in something that is OK, you will miss the opportunity to do something that is great. Ruth Porat Read Quote
I actually prefer getting into roles that are the polar opposite of me; that’s why I’ve done so many dark and dreary things. Lauren Lee Smith Read Quote
Why should a novelist not also be a historian? To force unnatural divisions within the English language is to work against its capacious and accommodating nature. To expect a writer to produce only novels, or only histories, is equivalent to demanding from a composer that he or she write only string quartets or piano sonatas. Peter Ackroyd Read Quote
Everyone has seen photographs of Mexicans wearing those big sombreros. When you come to Mexico, the astonishing thing is, nobody wears these hats at all. Bruce Beresford Read Quote
Addressing the climate and biodiversity crises requires us to radically change our economic models, moving away from economic growth as the over-riding measure of progress and moving instead towards improving health and wellbeing for people and nature. That means a different economic model taking us towards a sustainable economy. Caroline Lucas Read Quote
Parents have the ability to screen their children’s Internet access at home. Mike Fitzpatrick Read Quote
I love to go to the zoo. But not on Sunday. I don’t like to see the people making fun of the animals, when it should be the other way around. Ernest Hemingway Read Quote
The last thing in the world my parents would want to do is get on a stage or do a movie. They would probably rather die. But they let me be who I was, and they supported me. Emma Stone Read Quote
