You have to ask the people about democracy. I know what my people want, and I cannot understand these people who violate peace. Ramzan Kadyrov Read Quote
The moment kids start to lie is the moment storytelling begins. They are talking about things they didn’t see. It’s amazing. It’s a wonderful moment. Parents should celebrate. ‘Hurray! My boy finally started to lie!’ All right! It calls for celebration. Kim Young-ha Read Quote
As a novelist, you write about social mores, but not everything can be explained. Elif Batuman Read Quote
Waking up early was the first example I noticed in the SEAL Teams in which discipline was really the difference between being good and being exceptional. Jocko Willink Read Quote
Building a house is like producing a movie. There’s no right way to do it but a lot of wrong ways. You have to be flexible and creative. You have to move fast, be prepared – or it quickly becomes costly. Jeremy Renner Read Quote
I wanted to be a cartoonist, and then I wanted to go into film – not as an actor, but as a writer-director – and then I found myself during film school at the University of Southern California listening to the Clarence Thomas hearings in class on my Walkman, and I realized L.A. was not really for me. Jake Tapper Read Quote
I don’t want to be one of those players who has a good career but couldn’t get out of the first round. Khris Middleton Read Quote
I’m one of those introverted people who simply feels a lot better after spending time alone thinking through ideas and emotions. This is a sign, I’ve come to think, of a kind of emotional disturbance – a reaction to inner fragility. I wish I were more able to just act and do, rather than constantly have to retreat and examine and think. Alain de Botton Read Quote
I’m not technical. When I listen to music, I gravitate more toward the sonic aspect of it. The technical stuff of it, I get bored with it. These long solos? OK, already. You know your scales, big deal. I know it, too, but I don’t want to do that. Joey Santiago Read Quote
