Somebody That I Used to Know,’ like a lot of the record, was a bit of a struggle to finish. It was written fairly quickly – I wrote it in November 2010 – but it took six months to find Kimbra and really realize she was the right vocalist to make the female part come to life. There were constant hurdles. Gotye Read Quote
The idea of a pseudonym had been flitting around my brain for a long time, along with its cognate, disappearance. In the 1980s, I published some poems under a pen name in a literary magazine to see what it would feel like. It was fun. It was even a little thrilling. Michael Redhill Read Quote
Affectation is a very good word when someone does not wish to confess to what he would none the less like to believe of himself. Fanny Brice Read Quote
Comedians do movies and TV so that when they tour, they sell out. That’s the goal: To get popular enough so the place is packed. Gabriel Iglesias Read Quote
When I’m dealing with the 18th century, as I do in ‘The Firebird,’ the difficulty isn’t only finding what a woman did, it’s finding her at all. Most of the sources I’m dealing with – letters and memoirs and written reports of the day – have been written by men. Susanna Kearsley Read Quote
Once upon a time, novelists of the 19th century, such as Charles Dickens, published in serial form. Margaret Atwood Read Quote
I think the world consists of yin and yang. There should be a balance, and it’s important to coexist peacefully, with respect and dignity, and whenever those lines are crossed I think it’s important for people to speak up for what they believe in. Zeenat Aman Read Quote
Dad’s astute knowledge of foreign policy impressed Gorbachev during the time of the Berlin Wall when Dad refused to gloat during the reunification of Germany. Dorothy Bush Koch Read Quote
I’ve got to continue to study, and if it’s not the plays, it’s studying more film, studying more defenses, watching other guys across the league, see what I can pick up. Mitchell Trubisky Read Quote
