I define fear as standing across the ring from Joe Louis and knowing he wants to go home early. Max Baer Read Quote
The Oscar buzz when I was nominated was totally overwhelming. I think I can cope with anything now that I’ve coped with that. It was huge. It makes you realize, coming from a small country like Australia, what an enormous industry it is in America. Jacki Weaver Read Quote
I read in the press, and therefore it must be true, that no secretary of defense had ever been quoted as arguing for a bigger budget for State. Robert M. Gates Read Quote
I was writing a third novel when my kids arrived. And I looked at that book about whether these two people would get together, and I thought, ‘I don’t care! I’ve got kids!’ Ron Carlson Read Quote
Everything that happens today is like something in the past, but it’s also unlike things in the past. We never know until an event happens if it’s the similarities or differences that matter more. H. W. Brands Read Quote
This celebrity culture that hypnotizes people into thinking a person is literally not real because you see them on television is a spell the watcher him- or herself must break. India Arie Read Quote
For some reason, on that sparkling afternoon last week, I actually saw the coal that was passing by and it set me to thinking how important coal was to our everyday lives when I was a little boy. Nick Clooney Read Quote
I don’t know if that’s going to disappoint anybody out there, but I was – I have a very rigorous warmup where I get a good sweat going before a match to prepare for battle. That is what people see; that is what people mistake for dirtiness. Luke Harper Read Quote
A civic-minded nation is built by civic-minded neighbourhoods, whether in our cities or our villages. Where we respect the next-door person’s space, privacy and rights. Where we do not inconvenience our neighbours – while celebrating a festival or while resorting to a protest or on any other occasion. Ram Nath Kovind Read Quote
I discovered and fell in love with skiing long before I started to climb. Skiing was really my first calling. As a kid, I grew up skiing in jeans in Minnesota. Jimmy Chin Read Quote
