When I was at the University of California at Berkeley, I went to some classes that must have had more than four… — Stephan Pastis Copy Share Image
... so long as woman sat with bandaged eyes and manacled hands, fast bound in the clamps of ignorance and inaction, the… — Anna Julia Cooper Copy Share Image
The window opened in the same direction as the king's, and there, summer-bright and framed by the darkness of the stairwell, was… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
I'd done a drawing of the model using only peripheral vision, looking at a spot on the wall to the right of… — Peter Blegvad Copy Share Image
So she sat on the porch and watched the moon rise. Soon its amber fluid was drenching the earth, and quenching the… — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
I sank down onto the bed against the headboard and leaned back. I crossed my legs underneath me. "Then we'll talk." I… — Abbi Glines Copy Share Image
I generally edit quite heavily. In general, there aren't many scenes that are sitting where they sat in the script in the… — Susanne Bier Copy Share Image
Slash sat me down at his house and said, You've got to clean up your act. You know you've gone too far… — Charlie Sheen Copy Share Image
I've been writing for a long time. I sat down to write my first novel in the middle of March of 1982. — J. A. Jance Copy Share Image
To young people born under the weird planet of the SAT, intelligence was equated with agility, with raw acuity. It produced a… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
Because I trained in theater, I always leave a film shoot feeling like I haven't done anything, like I just sat in… — Hayley Atwell Copy Share Image
In the office, Michael sat behind our father’s desk, clicking away at the computer with his right hand, and making notes with… — Rachel Vincent Copy Share Image
[I began to unload] the pyramid of honors, civic and literary, which had been heaped on me by the headlong process of… — Mary Antin Copy Share Image
The old people came literally to love the soil and they sat or reclined on the ground with a feeling of being… — Luther Standing Bear Copy Share Image
When I grew up, my family, we sat down, all of us to watch 'Good Times,' 'Sanford and Son,' all those shows… — Magic Johnson Copy Share Image
The pillory and stocks, the gibbet, and even the whipping-post, have seen many a noble victim, many a martyr. But I cannot… — Alice Morse Earle Copy Share Image
The day Tarzan opened in London, I sat in a hotel room and discussed the project in detail. — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
'The Indian Runner' was easy. It had been incubating in me for eight years, and by the time I sat down to… — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
I sat around the kitchen every Sunday afternoon listening to my mother and aunts talk about the people in the neighborhood. Gossip… — John Dufresne Copy Share Image
For me as a writer, the story has always taken precedence over everything else. I have never sat down to write with… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
The fact that used cars is our largest category is a good example. We would not have sat in a conference room… — Meg Whitman Copy Share Image
Some guy came up to me with his kids, ages probably 10 and 12, and said that the reason he likes me… — Larry the Cable Guy Copy Share Image
Perhaps he could still weave together the broken threads of his life. And yet, I wanted him here now. I needed him… — Juliet Marillier Copy Share Image
A dining club which I was involved in at Oxford University invited Sir Isaiah Berlin to dinner, who I believe was probably… — George Brandis Copy Share Image
Wow,” said Adrian. He sat down on the bed and tested its bounciness, giving it a nod of approval. “This is amazing.… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image