Being a backup singer means being able to sing on a dime. Music is oozing out of their every pore. Morgan Neville Read Quote
Before I went to boarding school, I had never read a fashion magazine. I grew up on a council estate in London, and fashion magazines were a luxury item that weren’t even on my mind. The closest I got to a fashion magazine was my cousin’s ‘Top of the Pops’ magazines, where we would learn the lyrics to every song and put posters on our walls. Philomena Kwao Read Quote
The Kennedys were very organized. Dinner was always served at 7:15, and if you were a minute late, it really wasn’t worth it. In my family, you never knew when dinner was going to be. It could be at 7, or it could be at 10. Ethel Kennedy Read Quote
You wake up one day and you realize that all these years have gone by and I have this mortgage and I have this couch and I have this life and… is this going to be my prison? Lynn Shelton Read Quote
Hating a book is not unlike hating a person; in fact it’s tempting to just go ahead and hate the author personally, by proxy, qua human being, except that I know that would be a mistake. Lev Grossman Read Quote
I always have a book that I write during competition. I need it with me, just to read back and reflect and look forward. If I’m feeling anxious, it helps me. Katarina Johnson-Thompson Read Quote
I felt invincible. My strength was that of a giant. God was certainly standing by me. I smashed five saloons with rocks before I ever took a hatchet. Carry Nation Read Quote