My father took one hundred and thirty-two minutes to die. I counted. It happened on the Jellicoe Road. The prettiest road I’d… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
The web is more a social creation than a technical one. I designed it for a social effect-to help people work together-and… — Tim Berners-Lee Copy Share Image
My sophomore year I placed 2nd, and my junior and senior year - I got smart and piled up enough points between… — Bo Jackson Copy Share Image
For me, the bold jazz of John Coltrane and Miles Davis reflected the bold attitude in African-Americans finding their political identity and… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
I remember listening to Miles Davis in the car with my dad. I had just done my Grade 5 piano exam, and… — Laura Mvula Copy Share Image
My objective is and has been for years to make the lightest and most compact flying machine that would carry me at… — Lawrence Hargrave Copy Share Image
My first banjo? My mother's sister, my aunt, lived about a mile from where we did, and she raised some hogs. And… — Ralph Stanley Copy Share Image
The difference between America and England is that the English think 100 miles is a long distance and the Americans think 100… — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
I wear a pedometer, aiming for five miles a day - don't be too impressed; that includes walking around my house and… — Elinor Lipman Copy Share Image
There is good evidence that Venus once had liquid water and a much thinner atmosphere, similar to Earth billions of years ago.… — Bill Nye Copy Share Image
I think because my life is so insane and it's constantly going at 120 miles per hour, my favorite thing to do… — Sean Hayes Copy Share Image
Beginning a new habit, or ending an old one can feel like letting go of a rope that swings a mile above… — Philippa Perry Copy Share Image
There was no way to lock down, or tighten up, or Fail-Safe into Security Theater a race that covers 26.2 miles, a… — Charlie Pierce Copy Share Image
My childhood was bittersweet in many ways. We moved around a lot. By the time I was 10, I had travelled thousands… — Nile Rodgers Copy Share Image
If you end up getting into a fight with someone, make sure that you win by at least half a mile. — Ernie J Zelinski Copy Share Image
You've got forever; and somehow you can't do much with it. You've got forever; and it's a mile wide and an inch… — Jim Thompson Copy Share Image
A true Vor, Miles told himself severely, does not bury his face in his liegewoman's breasts and cry--even if he is at… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
I've done quite a few movies, I generally can feel that I'm not right for the role or a general fear if… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
I was with the 101st Airborne Division in Iraq, really in the middle of nowhere, about 80 miles south of Baghdad. And… — Rick Atkinson Copy Share Image
Explosion without an objective', declared Miles Blundell, 'is politics in its purest form'. — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
For me, Paul Scholes has been the best midfield player in the Premier League. By a mile. He has the lot. He… — Alan Shearer Copy Share Image
With 1 million square miles of the Arctic melting unexpectedly this summer, these are warning signs that we have to act and… — Jay Inslee Copy Share Image
At the outset, at least, all three groups had something else to recommend them, as well: They were headquartered 3,000 miles away… — Tom Wolfe Copy Share Image
In the late 1960s, Ontario Airport was a throwback to a bygone era. Located 35 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, the… — Annie Jacobsen Copy Share Image
Other letters simply relate the small events that punctuate the passage of time: roses picked at dusk, the laziness of a rainy… — Jean-Dominique Bauby Copy Share Image
