I felt trapped and fabricated in the fifties living up to other people’s expectations. Rosemary Clooney Read Quote
I just love details; I love trying to make the reader smell what I was smelling at the time and see what I was seeing. Textures, too – all that kind of stuff is probably my strong suit as far as my writing goes, I would say. Rita Moreno Read Quote
The genus Drosophila is one of the great success stories. There’s hundreds of species within the genus. They’re on every continent except Antarctica, they’re in tropical rain forests, they’re in deserts, they’ve evolved many exotic mating behaviors, and they’re capable of incredibly long-distance flights. Michael Dickinson Read Quote
I remember, many years ago, coming over the Brooklyn Bridge in the night and seeing the skyline of Manhattan, with the Twin Towers. This was, for me, a kind of religious experience. Santiago Calatrava Read Quote
When I’m not dancing it’s important I stay in shape, and for me, because I’ve been so active my whole life its hard for me just to go on a treadmill and run for a few miles. Cheryl Burke Read Quote
After ‘A Separation,’ I found it much easier to work in Iran because I worked with very enthusiastic people who were very involved in the work, and that facilitated a number of things. It made it possible to iron out some of the difficulties found by other filmmakers in Iran. Asghar Farhadi Read Quote
This whole fuss did not only damage Fischer’s image, but that of the USA as well. The way the Americans treated one of their most popular citizens did not make a positive impression worldwide. Anatoly Karpov Read Quote
I do think we have a responsibility to be aware of the stories we’re telling and how those stories will be interpreted and what sorts of value systems we’re celebrating. Patrick J. Adams Read Quote
