There was a uniqueness to the American case of slavery. 10 million people, a conservative estimate, were brought to America… hundreds of people were set up in work camps, and hereditary-forced labor was put in place. That’s a very different thing than the personal slavery that existed elsewhere. Edward Ball Read Quote
I don’t mean to be a diva, but some days you wake up and you’re Barbara Streisand. Courtney Love Read Quote
The more you practice, the better you get, the more freedom you have to create. Jocko Willink Read Quote
Disney is very much a child’s theater – it’s a very specific kind of acting. It’s loud and boisterous with the goal to draw the attention of children and keep the attention of children, and it can kind of be cheesy and loud, and I had to unpack a lot of that, because as an actor, you kind of internalize, and you basically become a character. Cole Sprouse Read Quote
As I listened more and more to the music that moved me, I gained more fascination with America. Hozier Read Quote
The musician – if he be a good one – finds his own perception prompted by the poet’s perception, and he translates the expression of that perception from the terms of poetry into the terms of music. John Drinkwater Read Quote
I wanted a personal-finance tool for people who didn’t want to be accountants: something you could set up in ten minutes and spend less than five minutes a week on. Mint is now that tool. Aaron Patzer Read Quote
When it comes to two of the big social earthquakes in the last fifty years – which are the gay movement and the women’s movement – I think there is a direct line from Kinsey to those. Bill Condon Read Quote
The fight against racial bias in society will not be won by hounding Liam Neeson or boycotting his films. It will be won by allowing honest discussions about why people hold biased views and exposing the flawed logic behind them. John Barnes Read Quote
