The first duty of any government is to protect its citizens, whether the threat is a domestic one or from abroad. Amber Rudd Read Quote
I have been cooking vegan recipes for a long time, long before the release of my first cookbook, because in the rubbish old days of scraping by on mismanaged, delayed and suspended benefits, meat and dairy products were often just too expensive, in contrast to their kinder counterparts. Jack Monroe Read Quote
What’s really interesting is the introduction of the tablet – not just the iPad, but the Nook and the Kindle. While they aren’t going to solve all of our problems, I do think they make it easier for people to pause, linger, read and really process very important ideas. Chris Hughes Read Quote
Oprah Winfrey is a big role model for me from a business capacity and a creative capacity. She is an incredible interviewer who cultivated a certain style by inserting her own personhood into a show on national television at a time when no one was talking about empowerment, spirituality, or our inner lives. Ava DuVernay Read Quote
I have this vision of maybe going the way of Bill Kurtis and, I think, Tom Brokaw, to a certain extent – the ability to not be tied to the desk anymore, but to do projects that are meaningful to you. Lester Holt Read Quote
I’ve been performing my whole life. My mom signed me up for a theater program when I was five – I was the evil queen in ‘Once Upon a Mattress.’ Lilla Crawford Read Quote
I really hate those books where the murderer turns out to be somebody you never heard of who pops up in the last chapter. Jane Haddam Read Quote
I like Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent. I have some great Balenciaga jackets and I’m shoe crazy. Melanie Laurent Read Quote
Modern science developed in the context of western religious thought, was nurtured in universities first established for religious reasons, and owes some of its greatest discoveries and advances to scientists who themselves were deeply religious. Kenneth R. Miller Read Quote
