If our principles are only our principles when it is convenient for us, when they align with our visceral emotional responses, then they are, in fact, not principles at all. Clint Smith Read Quote
My father loved baseball and he cultivated my talent. I don’t think he ever had any doubt in his mind that I would play professional baseball someday. Bob Feller Read Quote
Neofascism in the United States takes the form of big money, big banks, big corporations, tied to xenophobic scapegoating of the vulnerable, like Mexicans and Muslims and women and black folk, and militaristic policies abroad, with strongman, charismatic, autocratic personality, and that’s what Donald Trump is. Cornel West Read Quote
I didn’t decide to play guitar, but that was the instrument which I was offered. I’ve always been interested in horn-type instruments, such as a saxophone; but those instruments are very expensive, so my dad bought me a guitar instead. I didn’t like the guitar at first, but after noodling on it for several months, I developed a feel for it. Allan Holdsworth Read Quote
When you’re obsessive, like me, searching for something unattainable can become unhealthy… it’s like falling through the air and grabbing at the clouds. Jonny Wilkinson Read Quote
In ‘The Prophet’ I really fell in love with those characters, there was an emotional connection there that I don’t think I’ve had in a while. It made me think it would be nice to stick with the characters for a little bit and see what happens. Michael Koryta Read Quote
I moved to LA and decided to do films and television, mainly because the theater in New York is totally dead. Shirley Knight Read Quote
First I stopped believing in hell, then the afterlife. Sometimes that connection is still there, and I’ll feel an impulse to pray if I’m stressed or upset. James Acaster Read Quote
