I gravitate to stories that I feel I can tell well, and that will have a positive affect on the viewer. That… — Frank Coraci Copy Share Image
It was an accident, although I've been involved in some kind of theatrical function or other since I was a child -… — James Dean Copy Share Image
Eagleton has spent his life inside two mental boxes, Catholicism and Marxism, of both of which he is a severe internal critic—that… — A.C. Grayling Copy Share Image
People still ask my husband and me which of us is the mom - which, as one lesbian friend pointed out to… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
New York, it's people. It's grit. It's diversity of people. It's diversity of industry. In L.A. everyone's looking over their shoulder because… — Willie Geist Copy Share Image
Too much preaching nowadays pats the back and tickles the ear, but does not get under the skin. There is no conviction… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
It is quite possible that we will soon come to live under some sort of global despotism, enlightened or not. This is… — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
In terms of the idea of long-term occupation - I have been reading a little bit more about this period - and… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
One of my patients told me that when she tried to tell her story people often interrupted her to tell her that… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
The problems to be faced are vast and complex, but come down to this: 6.6 billion people are breeding exponentially. The process… — Paul Hawken Copy Share Image
There was one theory put forth by a journalist recently. I have a lot of friends that have died prematurely and a… — Al Jourgensen Copy Share Image
I don't think the Tea Party people are racist, except maybe a tiny portion of them. But there has been a deliberate… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I've taught both screenwriting and playwriting, and playwriting is both much harder and much more rewarding. One can teach people how to… — David Ives Copy Share Image
Africa needs more funding to continue to fight all of those diseases. We are losing more than 1.3 million young children under… — Dikembe Mutombo Copy Share Image
It's ridiculous that people call me a sex symbol. I don't feel like that at all. My daughter would get a kick… — Mark Wahlberg Copy Share Image
What's great about going on tour is that it immediately unburdens me of those self-centered misconceptions. Because suddenly, with these songs you've… — Greg Saunier Copy Share Image
To write a novel is to embark on a quest that is very romantic. People have visions, and the next step is… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
We are riveted by the soap operas of public lives. We admire the famous most for what makes them infamous: it reassures… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
She had witnessed the world's most beautiful things, and allowed herself to grow old and unlovely. She had felt the heat of… — Sonya Hartnett Copy Share Image
I think that's the obstacle, because once black people hear Bernie Sanders policy, it's almost instantaneous they switch. Hillary is good enough,… — Killer Mike Copy Share Image
We admire people who work hard, who are objective and thorough. We detest office politicians, toadies, bullies, and pompous asses. We abhor… — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
I am the maker of my own fortune, and Oh! that I could make that of my Red People, and of my… — Tecumseh Copy Share Image
Poetry has always mattered, through human history, through all kinds of cultures, all kinds of violence and human desolation, as well as… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
The fashion industry tends to attract people with serious personality defects. They just want to be rich and famous. But at some… — Katharine Hamnett Copy Share Image
Whenever there's a tragedy involving gun use, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, the gun-control lobby and the news media seize it as another… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
People need such a small amount of money to deal with their own daily life. Because wherever I went to school they… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
Men whose only concern is other people's opinion of them are like actors who put on a poor performance to win the… — Nicolas Chamfort Copy Share Image
There is a fundamental spiritual quality to gratitude that transcends religious traditions. Gratitude is a universal human experience that can seem to… — Angeles Arrien Copy Share Image
I always thought that Seth [Rogen] was a fun, caustic, bombastic, sweet, underdog-type of person that I would root for the way… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
Usually when I put my focus on the pacing, the plot, the specific characterizations, - it's ironic - but then I actually… — Christopher Rice Copy Share Image
If all power is in the people, if there is no higher law than their will, and if by counting their votes,… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
I still get very excited when people say they fall in love. It doesn’t matter how old you are, falling in love… — Cote de Pablo Copy Share Image
America is a country that is now utterly divided when it comes to its society, its economy, its politics. There are definitely… — David Simon Copy Share Image
I believe that nothing happens apart from divine determination and decree. We shall never be able to escape from the doctrine of… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
I've always thought of myself as a reporter. When people ask why I don't stop writing, I say, 'Look at what's happening… — Gwendolyn Brooks Copy Share Image
Distance is where people get really confused. If you stand really far away from someone you're like, "That's not me. I'm so… — Ottessa Moshfegh Copy Share Image
And now I was lonelier, I supposed, than anyone else in the world. Even Defoe's creation, Robinson Crusoe, the prototype of the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What makes the meaning of life is people, so you try to be good to people immediately around you and in your… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
A leader is someone you are not disappointed in placing trust in. When that person makes suggestions, you are inclined to trust… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Even with only two people on board, where maintenance is a large piece of our working day, we still have time to… — John L. Phillips Copy Share Image