'The Duino Elegies' are notoriously cryptic, and part of the reason why I have always loved them is because they invite multiple… — Dinaw Mengestu Copy Share Image
An elaborate system of etiquette and social standards flowered around the home phone: how long a child might be allowed to stay… — John Battelle Copy Share Image
My father came to Chennai at the age of 16 from a village in Coimbatore. He was an artist and was clear… — Suriya Copy Share Image
It was always my dream, getting to America? Honestly, I couldn't figure America as being real. Because it was on discs or… — Ian McLagan Copy Share Image
I actually lost 90 pounds over the course of 15 months in order to save money on life insurance. — Derek Kilmer Copy Share Image
Where I teach students in drama school, there's a course called Dramatics. In this course, all students must put on a play.… — Kim Young-ha Copy Share Image
Of course, we wore silly outfits, the pictures were corny, and some people still focus on that. But ABBA wasn't a big… — Bjorn Ulvaeus Copy Share Image
I feel the happiest when I'm at the golf course. And I feel calm when I'm on the golf course. I think… — Inbee Park Copy Share Image
For most of American history, of course, the important religious divides were between denominations - not just between Protestants and Catholics and… — Hanna Rosin Copy Share Image
As a dad I'm emotionally dedicated but I'm not 'figuring out their life plans'. But of course as I'm telling them about… — Peter Mullan Copy Share Image
And 'Queer Eye' is fascinating. It has a pinch-me-I'm-dreaming quality. It's very bourgeois, of course, and much more about the liberation of… — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
It's like a jigsaw, there's a piece of the puzzle at the beginning and it's the only one and of course it… — Carole Bouquet Copy Share Image
I know a little bit about deaf culture because a friend of mine has been in the deaf culture for awhile. Over… — John Scalzi Copy Share Image
We all know what is meant by the term 'international community,' don't we? It's the West, of course, nothing more, nothing less.… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
I like Jay-Z. I love Luda. I love Ledisi. I like Beyonce, of course. I think she's just brilliant. She's a triple… — Stephanie Mills Copy Share Image
I've never bribed my way into a restaurant. I've never slipped a C-note or greased a palm. In truth, I've never even… — David Chang Copy Share Image
I never got on the course with my dad, but to be playing golf with my kids - that's a dream. — Mark Wahlberg Copy Share Image
And, of course, I'm constantly energized by designing courses around the world. — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
As any of us approaches middle age, we inevitably come up against our limitations: the realization that certain dearly-held fantasies may not… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
The 1986 tax act is sort of the unsung hero of the very good economic times we had for a long time.… — George P. Shultz Copy Share Image
If you see a player out in public having dinner, chances are he's with his boring money manager or some boring rich… — Dan Jenkins Copy Share Image
In court, jurors are admonished by the judge at every recess not to discuss the case or form any opinions until the… — Robert Shapiro Copy Share Image
The key thing for me is to secure medium-term funding for the Roundhouse studios. It costs around £2m a year to run,… — Lloyd Dorfman Copy Share Image
We have never lost a crew member on the space station, but of course, the Columbia accident. I was - I'd already… — Chris Hadfield Copy Share Image
