I can't speak for readers in general, but personally I like to read stories behind which there is some truth, something real… — Laura Esquivel Copy Share Image
I had a big fight in my first week in secondary school. There was a kid in the year above who was… — Jonathan Stroud Copy Share Image
We have ministers who are incapable of doing what has been ordered from above because there is no follow up, because there… — Basmah bint Saud Copy Share Image
We should've asked China to be a portion of the space station. We should've worked out ways that we can... just give… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
Some officials overseeing local water systems have tried to go above and beyond what is legally required. But they have encountered resistance,… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
Many counties in Maryland are above the average unemployment rate for both Maryland and the United States. We need representation in Congress… — Andrew P. Harris Copy Share Image
I definitely feel like kids do look up to me as a potential role model. It's an honor, but it can also… — Nathan Kress Copy Share Image
There's also the tradition of voodoo, the Haitian magic arts, in New Orleans. And because New Orleans is below sea level, when… — Sam Trammell Copy Share Image
The first half of the 1960s was the apogee of what might be termed the Age of Cool - as defined by… — Martin Filler Copy Share Image
Above all, such sports as judo, in my view, teach people to relate to each other. They teach us to respect a… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Heaven and God are not high above us, far away; they are deep within us. Heaven is not a distant country where… — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
I went on a book tour immediately after 9/11. I was due to leave the following Wednesday, so I just did. It… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
Finally, gentleman, from the considerations above mentioned, as I cannot consistently with my own honor, nor with utility to my country, considering… — Henry Laurens Copy Share Image
My fiction is almost always inspired by a character's need or desire to rise above him- or herself. No one is perfect… — Robert Crais Copy Share Image
There's this little box that African-American actors have to work in, in the first place, and I was able to rise above… — Eddie Murphy Copy Share Image
We need above all, I think, a certain remoteness from urban confusion. — Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Copy Share Image
I'm still feminine, I'm still a woman, and above all, I'm still human. — Debbie Rowe Copy Share Image
I come from a farming culture, where we valued raw materials above all. — Brunello Cucinelli Copy Share Image
Were I as base as is the lowly plain, And you, my Love, as high as heaven above, Yet should the thoughts… — Joshua Sylvester Copy Share Image
It is not true that Pena is 20 points above me. It's part of the management of the regime. They have control… — Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador Copy Share Image
Transnational, gigantic industrial companies no longer operate within political systems, but rather above them. — Georg Henrik von Wright Copy Share Image
I got to star in my own movies. I even had my name above the title in some cases. But what am… — Evelyn Keyes Copy Share Image
I've viewed myself as slightly above average in talent. And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening work ethic. — Will Smith Copy Share Image
The day you stop doing the small things is the day you think you're above everybody else. — Kevin Hart Copy Share Image
Careers, children and homemaking all come above preserving your appearance. Self-preservation is at the bottom of the scale. — Trinny Woodall Copy Share Image
Irony is a great tool to deal with things. It's an intellectualization, a way to go above things, which can work. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
My earliest memories of Gwyneth first singing is in bed when we would make up songs. The most I could do was… — Blythe Danner Copy Share Image
To me, 'rock star' conjures up something like a mystic: someone who sees himself as above other people, someone who has the… — Beck Copy Share Image
I tend to avoid things like award shows and panels and interviews, not remotely because I feel I'm above them or wish… — Christopher Lloyd Copy Share Image
“Mykl d’Angelo groaned where he sat slumped in his chair. The irritating noise was unsettling his pet dog lying on his lap.… — Christina Engela Copy Share Image
My mother is an incredibly beautiful woman who has laughed at every single thing my father's ever said. At a young age,… — Seth Meyers Copy Share Image
