I do not think there was anything abusive in my house. Yet, I stand by a lot of my critiques of Western parenting. I think there’s a lot of questions about how you instill true self-esteem. Amy Chua Read Quote
After high school, I drove out to L.A. with a friend of mine who had just graduated also, and I started auditioning. I got an agent, but it was all ‘Saved By the Bell’ auditions. Casey Affleck Read Quote
Lunch is a big huge salad with every color in it. From leafy greens to purple to herbs, fresh cut herbs mixed into it for flavors. I vary what I toss into it. Sometimes it might be lentils and chopped tomatoes, other days it could be garbanzo beans, some days I might have just a salad and have some lentil soup on the side. Christie Brinkley Read Quote
I think that, certainly, most of my operatic roles are in German. I think it happened because, of course, I was lucky in that I was invited to sing, first of all, my operatic debut in Berlin at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, which was West Berlin at the time. Jessye Norman Read Quote
Our family was very fond of the University of Iowa. We thought it was a good place to go. James Van Allen Read Quote
Leonard Cohen is probably the greatest lyricist for music that’s ever lived, you know? Beth Hart Read Quote
To better understand why you need a personal computer, let’s take a look at the pathetic mess you call your life. Dave Barry Read Quote
My first, big, silly role at school was as Arthur Crocker-Harris in Rattigan’s ‘The Browning Version,’ where my job was to make school-masters’ wives weep with recognition. Benedict Cumberbatch Read Quote