The end of poetry is not to create a physical condition which shall give pleasure to the mind... The end of poetry… — Laura Riding Copy Share Image
We see the tendency in the world to criticise democracy and sometimes even to say that authoritarian countries like China are more… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Error-prone or biased artificial-intelligence systems have the potential to taint our social ecosystem in ways that are initially hard to detect, harmful… — Kate Crawford Copy Share Image
Greece has got something like 1,400 islands. There is so much of Greece you can't know even if you're Greek. It's sprinkled… — Joanna Lumley Copy Share Image
Authors I've longed to write like - but realize I actually can't even begin to - include Poe, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Kafka,… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
No one has to be taught to trust in themselves. No one has to be taught that what you experience inside yourself… — Michael Horton Copy Share Image
Who does not delight in oratory? How we gather to hear even an ordinary speaker! How often is a jury swayed and… — David Josiah Brewer Copy Share Image
Torture remains unacceptable and unjustified at all times, including during states of emergency, political instability, or even in a war. — Antonio Guterres Copy Share Image
I have a fan base that goes everywhere from 5 to - I don't even know what age, but grown adults. — Christina Milian Copy Share Image
In a sense, 'Out of Oz' is an examination of how individuals keep going, keep reinventing themselves and their lives, even after… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
After all, my mother is a Maharashtrian, and I have grown up in Girgaum, amidst a lot of Maharashtrians and I have… — Kashmira Shah Copy Share Image
Habit allows us to go from 'before' to 'after,' to make life easier and better. Habit is notorious - and rightly so… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
You know, Mamet is not a huge writer of female parts. Most of his movies don't even have women in them, so… — Elle Macpherson Copy Share Image
I really love writing comedy. Writing romantic comedy is even nicer because you get to write about how insane we all act… — Pearl Cleage Copy Share Image
In 1952, I had gone to England on a literary pilgrimage, but what I also saw, even at that distance from the… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
When suddenly everybody is guessing, or some even getting close, to the ballpark of what you're earning - well, that's interesting, that… — Jim Parsons Copy Share Image
The rules of optical dispensing vary from state to state. Dispensing eyeglasses is not that complicated, and even if it were complicated,… — Neil Blumenthal Copy Share Image
I think 'Gatsby' is hobbled, in part, by its status as a Great American Novel. People kind of roll their eyes before… — Susan Choi Copy Share Image
When people spot me, they are really warm. They acknowledge me with smiles and come up, even now, to tell me that… — Shilpa Shetty Copy Share Image
Though I am fascinated by knowledge, I am even more fascinated by wisdom. — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
