In some extremely important ways, people are what you expect them to be, or at least they behave as you expect them to behave. Naomi Weisstein Read Quote
I am a first-generation Chinese-American; my husband is white. We have a little boy, so I think a lot about what it’s like when people from different cultures and backgrounds start families, and how the world sees them. Most of my friends are in interracial relationships, and I just wonder what the world is going to look like for their children. Celeste Ng Read Quote
I always tell people that, just to be a bad jazz musician, you have to be better than most musicians. The worst jazz musicians are normally better than most musicians, because you have to know so much. Robert Glasper Read Quote
Being a Witness was too closed an experience. That’s what I walked away from, not the things I believe. Jacqueline Woodson Read Quote
The biggest thing about Pinterest is that people are there saving ideas for their personal lives. Not to rile up other people or make a big statement. Ben Silbermann Read Quote
A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future. Oliver Goldsmith Read Quote
I have 17 nieces and nephews, who are a pure delight. We have hiked and biked and fasted and prayed together. Sheri L. Dew Read Quote
You might think that shifting your thoughts is as easy as setting your mind to it. But stressful thoughts aren’t held in place through choice or will power. They’re held in place through perceived truth value. Andrew J. Bernstein Read Quote
I am not a pacifist – I think that violence and self-defence are often morally justified. Martha Nussbaum Read Quote
