At the crux of Half Dome, at the very top of the wall, imagine, like, a smooth wall of rock – a nearly vertical granite slap with tiny ripples for your hands and feet. And so you’re really trusting the rubber on your shoes to stick to these ripples. Alex Honnold Read Quote
I’d never rule anything out, to be honest with you, whether it be the small of volunteer status for a community organization or national politics, who knows? Vance McAllister Read Quote
I confess that I am a messy, disorganized and impatient reader: if the book doesn’t grab me in the first 40 pages, I abandon it. I have piles of half-read books waiting for me to get acute hepatitis or some other serious condition that would force me to rest so that I could read more. Isabel Allende Read Quote
You name it – it is something every day from the Environmental Protection Agency, and every group I talk to is the same message: ‘Please stop them. Please stop.’ Stephen Fincher Read Quote
There are differences in the world community. But we have a common interest in a strong multilateral system. Joschka Fischer Read Quote
I was once a welfare recipient and am very aware of the successes and failures of this critical safety net. There are those that would have us believe that those receiving TANF benefits are lazy, shiftless, freeloaders who are just sitting around thinking of another way to suckle from the government teat. Gwen Moore Read Quote
I’m just like anyone else: I need love and water. I don’t really consider myself a ‘Superstar.’ Velveteen Dream Read Quote
There’s a lot of power in saying no to big things that you don’t want to do in order to say yes to the kind of things that really inspire you. Dee Rees Read Quote