The Roots are well-respected and considered vanguards in…

I think at the end of the day the diversity has served as a major... that's what has determined the difference between The Roots…

— Black Thought

During his presidency, Truman and the Republicans were locked in a series of furious assaults on each other that outraged him and made Truman…

— Robert Dallek

Film study was considered disgraceful by my father.

— Ang Lee

I never felt ostracized or made to feel strange by obsessing over 'The Onion' or 'Calvin and Hobbes.' That was considered completely normal.

— Simon Rich

When I signed, I wasn't considered a highly touted prospect.

— Ronald Acuna Jr

“She considered [her] life, which had not been a life but only a sort of greeting, a Hello There.”

— Mary McCarthy

The things that make me laugh are considered smart or whatever, I guess. But stuff that's self-consciously intelligent or self-consciously hip or cool, that…

— Greg Giraldo

There are a lot of people who can slide on talent their whole lives; they're just naturally gifted. I've never considered myself one of…

— Zac Efron

I read a lot of 'Nancy Drew' books as a kid and considered myself a bit of an amateur detective.

— Chelsea Cain

courting is for those who have not declared their love for one another- should not be considered a task.

— Julie Garwood

When you go somewhere like Kenya and you see how the children don't have pencils and pens, and all of these things are considered…

— Naomie Harris

It's American Alternative radio stations that bug me. We're considered Alternative, but don't expect us to be played next to Blink 182 and Offspring.…

— Thurston Moore

Black people are not often considered mainstream.

— Lamman Rucker

Knowledge is generally considered a good thing; so, presumably, knowing more about how the U.S. thinks and operates around the world is also good.

— Peter Singer

“And when I’d settled down, I considered the possibility that I wasn’t yet ready to ask for the love of anyone because I had…

— Steven Decker