A lot of people who are in charge in Hollywood are women, so they have the power. Now, I’ve met a lot of these amazing women who are offering opportunities to other women, and they’re awesome. But for the women who maybe haven’t done that yet, it’s like, why? Reed Morano Read Quote
Dr. King, if he were alive today, probably would simply be a minister, a pastor. His initial intent was, indeed, just to be a preacher. He didn’t have any egotistical desire or need to be a public figure or celebrity. He got drafted – or, really, dragged into it – initially in Montgomery. David Garrow Read Quote
In general, I just try to make the people that I’m shooting feel like they are in good hands. I’m open-minded, and I invite them to be open-minded to the process. I’m direct and curious. Keith Maitland Read Quote
I’ve had particularly unpleasant stuff, and it has been reported that I’ve had death threats. Twitter and Facebook give people who have always been out there a platform from which to hurl abuse, and all I can do is try to block it out and remind myself that tweets are transient and get lost in the ether after a few moments. Nicola Sturgeon Read Quote
The dogma of woman’s complete historical subjection to men must be rated as one of the most fantastic myths ever created by the human mind. Mary Ritter Beard Read Quote
While other stone fruits grow tender on the surface as they ripen, apricots take an alternate path to maturity, softening from the inside out. Samin Nosrat Read Quote
If I make a movie in English, the money will come from Europe, so that I can keep my independence and freedom. The way they produce in Hollywood doesn’t fit me. Pedro Almodovar Read Quote
Metaphors are fine if they aid understanding, but sometimes they get in the way. Richard Dawkins Read Quote
Often my characters don’t know what the issues of the play are. They think they’re doing one thing, but something else is actually orchestrating their lives. David Rabe Read Quote
I’m always trying. Between every book, I think, ‘Well now, it’s time to get down to the serious stuff.’ Alice Munro Read Quote
