My background playing soccer gave me a natural advantage over many of the American-born players. — Hakeem Olajuwon Copy Share Image
I learned to make things not matter, to put a seal on my hopes and place them on a high shelf, out… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
I was born in Philadelphia and currently live in Minneapolis. I write for both children and adults. — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
I cannot believe this is the end. Nor can I believe that death is more than the blindness of those living. And… — Josephine Winslow Johnson Copy Share Image
A man who is not born with the novel-writing gift has a troublesome time of it when he tries to build a… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
My mom is very practical, and she originally wanted me to have something to fall back on. She was a little fearful… — Mel Rodriguez Copy Share Image
Heroes are necessary in order to enable the citizens to find their own ideals, courage and wisdom in the society. The hero… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
I have never known a woman who, after her baby was born, was not overjoyed that I had not killed it. — Aleck Bourne Copy Share Image
I talk to the young generation and advise them to be both fully Muslim and fully Western citizens, to be free, to… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
We are all born with a powerful herd instinct and it can force otherwise rational people to act in inexplicable ways. — Paul Rusesabagina Copy Share Image
On the day that you were born, you began to die. Do not waste a single moment more! — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche Copy Share Image
It's a hell of a thing to be born, and if you're born you're at least entitled to your own self. — Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Copy Share Image
Let me learn now where Beauty is; I was born to know her mysteries . . . — Anne Spencer Copy Share Image
It's always a pleasure to watch a Gracie winning. We were born fighting. — Royce Gracie Copy Share Image
The importance of human life should be universally respected - and that refers to children before they are born and after. All… — Christopher Monckton Copy Share Image
I was born in Brazil and grew up in the '70s under a climate of political distress, and I was forced to… — Vik Muniz Copy Share Image
When the measured dance of the hours brings back the happy smile of spring, the buried dead is born again in the… — Friedrich Schiller Copy Share Image
We were taught to be dependable, responsible, the top of our classes at school, the most organized and efficient babysitters in town,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I worry about people who get born nowadays, because they get born into such tiny families--sometimes into no family at all. When… — Russell Baker Copy Share Image
There are no guarantees. But there is also nothing to fear. We come from oblivion when we are born. We return to… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
