Los Angeles is the only place that I can honestly say I have ever called home. Naveen Andrews Read Quote
Raising me as a single parent, my mother held many jobs. Most of them had to do with the betterment and the advancement of our community and society at large. I grew up seeing her active in ministries at our church, with the homeless, as a social worker, with elderly, with youth, as a children’s rights organizer with the Urban League of Chicago. Ayanna Pressley Read Quote
I used to love being the class clown. I loved to make jokes and make people laugh. There was a set of students who would find it funny. But the cool students were like, ‘Eeew!’ Issa Rae Read Quote
I turn to books for a feeling of companionship: for somebody knowing what I have known. Lois Lowry Read Quote
People come up to me and tell me how I changed their life and I’ve inspired them. And they tell me their stories, and that keeps me going. Valerie Bertinelli Read Quote
What do you call a co-worker these days? Neither teammate nor confederate will do, and partner is too legalistic. The answer brought from academia to the political world by Henry Kissinger and now bandied in the boardroom is colleague. It has a nice upper-egalitarian feel, related to the good fellowship of collegial. William Safire Read Quote
My brother and sister were very sporty. They all did rugby. I was very into performing arts. I went to the National Youth Music Theatre. I was one of those singing, clapping children. Jonathan Anderson Read Quote
