My father was a professor of political science and also a young politician fighting for democracy in Kenya, and when things got ugly, he went into political exile in Mexico. Then I moved back to Kenya shortly after I turned one, and I grew up in Kenya. Lupita Nyong'o Read Quote
I loved ghost stories, creaky staircases, stormy nights. If it guaranteed nightmares I read it by flashlight, after midnight. Lisa Gardner Read Quote
My whole career the work I do off the field has given me every chance to have the success I’ve had on the field, and that won’t change. Michael Clarke Read Quote
When ‘Animals’ released, I still had one year left in school, so it was, like, super weird. I had number one in the U.K., and I would still go to school five days a week. They made, like, a schedule when I could tour and when I had to be home for tests. But my team made it happen. My parents, they helped as well. Martin Garrix Read Quote
The reality is that it’s just the nature of the game. It’s the nature of playing offensive line, defensive line, and linebackers, where your responsibilities as a player involve those little hits that are going to accumulate. You can’t take that out of the game. Chris Borland Read Quote
I was a kid, and I remember my mother singing. She was also a radio soap opera actress, but my mother sang. Ruben Blades Read Quote
Word books traditionally focus on unusual and quirky items. They tend to ignore the words that provide the skeleton of the language, without which it would fall apart, such as ‘and’ and ‘what,’ or words that provide structure to our conversation, such as ‘hello.’ David Crystal Read Quote
To say I wasn’t such a hit with the ladies would be a very kind way of putting it. I was a slow burner, shall we say. Jon Richardson Read Quote
