My mother was English. My parents met in Oxford in the ’50s, and my mother moved to Nigeria and lived there. She was five foot two, very feisty and very English. Chris Abani Read Quote
In Holland, there’s a song that goes, ‘Redheads – they know how to kiss.’ But that’s obviously not a song I made. I don’t know who made that song. Lotte Verbeek Read Quote
I was fortunate enough to crash the right audition when I was 15, and just took it from there. Will Sasso Read Quote
I’d had a relationship with a French girl, a Japanese girl, an American girl, a Filippina and she was there all the time – a Lancashire girl. I thought: ‘It’s a Lancashire girl I was looking for. Why didn’t I realize it?’ David Thewlis Read Quote
Politicisation of terrorism for narrow gains is not good for society in general and the country in particular. Oscar Fernandes Read Quote
Haiti, Haiti, the further I am from you, the less I breathe. Haiti, I love you, and I will love you always. Always. Jean-Bertrand Aristide Read Quote
I’m a novelist, editor, short story writer. I also teach, and I freelance sometimes as an arts consultant. Most of my books have been published by Warner Books, now known as Grand Central Books. Nalo Hopkinson Read Quote
The fact that two-thirds of Americans who work at small businesses will see premium increases because of the health law is devastating news. This is one more in a long line of broken promises from President Obama and Washington Democrats. Sam Graves Read Quote
I’m the type of skater that needs to stay upbeat and relaxed, open, because if I stay quiet, I get in my head, and then I start to think too much and start to doubt. Ashley Wagner Read Quote
That was a wonderful period in my life. I mean, I didn’t become an artist, but somebody let me do something I loved. What a luxury, to do something you love to do. Amy Tan Read Quote
