I think everybody knows they have to be vigilant with their children. I don’t have anything profound to say on that subject. We all know that we have to watch the children. The question is when does it become absolute paranoia? Jeanne Phillips Read Quote
Book awards – in America, at least – are not like the Oscars. Awards are not cumulative, and in the case of something like the Pulitzers, the jurors often have another goal in mind: sales. They know that the Pulitzer stamp can sell a book. Michelle Dean Read Quote
My Portuguese uncle had a Portuguese version of a ukulele. The family would pull it out after dinner and play Portuguese folk songs on it. I couldn’t wait for him to finish so I could get my hands on it. I was seven or eight years old. And he used to have a Fender amp in his house and an electric guitar. I would spend hours making sounds. Joe Perry Read Quote
Everybody wants to laugh – you know that. They need to laugh… people need to laugh. Carl Reiner Read Quote
Fighters display two things. They display confidence, or they display a look that says, ‘I’m not sure.’ Sugar Ray Leonard Read Quote
Tell me not of joy: there’s none Now my little sparrow’s gone; He, just as you, Would toy and woo, He would chirp and flatter me, He would hang the wing awhile, Till at length he saw me smile, Lord! how sullen he would be! William Cartwright Read Quote
I am heartened by the appointment of Dr. Birx as the Coronavirus response coordinator for the White House. Dr. Birx is a retired Army Colonel and immunologist who was appointed the U.S. Global HIV/AIDS coordinator under the Obama Administration. Abigail Spanberger Read Quote
Longevity of focus, I think, is the hardest part. You know it’s to have a vision and then try to hold that vision and not have it change. Patty Jenkins Read Quote
Actors incorporate certain emotions from our own lives in order to create characters, and emotions come from experience. Daniela Vega Read Quote
