The earliest impetuses for writing, for me, were simply the strange things I happened to notice in my everyday life, stuff I… — Dan Chaon Copy Share Image
A lot of the jokes had some build-up to some nasty stuff. But most of it was all character situations leading to… — Shawn Wayans Copy Share Image
Racing's very much like the world of acting. You have your front runners and you have guys that are there for the… — Sylvester Stallone Copy Share Image
I don't think boxing needs to be regulated. I think boxing needs to have a complaint board. And I think the complaint… — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
The situation that women were in, at the time, was something that Dumas doesn't really go into, but it's a great subject… — Adrian Hodges Copy Share Image
You don't get happy by sitting around going on, 'Oh this is a horrible situation, what to do?' You've got to find… — Florence Henderson Copy Share Image
Humans are the only animals that try to dwell in the future. You don't have to purely live in the present situation… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
I have long admired Caroline Leavitt's probing insight into people, her wit and compassion, her ability to find humor in dark situations,… — Dan Chaon Copy Share Image
Leftist big-government policies have been disastrous for black America just as they were in the countries that most Hispanics emigrated from. But… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
Even though kids may have planned for months for the trip to Disneyland, some may be feeling very homesick, very forlorn, or… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
we are dealing with a return to what might be a far more normal relationship between the West and Russia. Russia is… — Marvin Kalb Copy Share Image
Emotional Literacy means being able to recognise what you are feeling, so that it doesn't interfere with thinking. It becomes another dimension… — Susie Orbach Copy Share Image
Don’t sign on for more problems than you must. Resist the temptation to involve yourself in other people’s zones of expertise and… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
A lot of authors see their book being banned or challenged as a badge of honor. But for me, it's nothing but… — Jay Asher Copy Share Image
Wherever you are, be there totally. If you find your here and now intolerable and it makes you unhappy, you have three… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
This is the first time in my experience... that I ever heard of a Senator trying to discredit his own Government before… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
I'd been in the gospel business in the late '70s to the mid '80s, and I kind of left that situation. Then… — B. J. Thomas Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, the food industry has not yet faced this situation and begun taking measures to avoid exploiting our weakness for not knowing… — Marvin Harris Copy Share Image
That because of this interplay of conscious and unconscious factors in guilt and the impossibility of legalistic blame, we are forced into… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
One of the most liberating personal discoveries I have made is the knowledge that whenever I am upset, there is another way… — Lee L Jampolsky Copy Share Image
In order for the oppressed to be able to wage the struggle for their liberation, they must perceive the reality of oppression… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
Some of this is bureaucratic ineptitude and a great deal of this is an administration that doesn't understand the urgency of the… — Carly Fiorina Copy Share Image
I have never seen white people who would sit, who would, who would approach a solution to their own problems nonviolently or… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
If we seek the essence of every situation, if we seek to connect to God within our hearts, then we will find… — Radhanath Swami Copy Share Image
The situation around Terri Schiavo was a deeply held conflict over what to do if someone isn't going to return to consciousness… — Ezekiel Emanuel Copy Share Image
Moments before sleep are when she feels most alive, leaping across fragments of the day, bringing each moment into the bed with… — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
You can work on healing, uplifting, and changing situations from a place of forgiveness, instead of from a place of resentment. Forgive… — Doreen Virtue Copy Share Image
In the end I have to hold myself accountable...I had to make a change if I really wanted to reach the goals… — Kara Goucher Copy Share Image
Unless you seek out help for your symptoms, you'll never really know that that's not how everyone feels. You go through life… — Matty Mullins Copy Share Image
Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and goodness, and… — Hans Urs von Balthasar Copy Share Image
I give you an ability to respond and your response is to be free to love and serve in every situation, and… — William P. Young Copy Share Image
I know what it feels like to hit financial turmoil, to be hit with the threat of losing your home. I kept… — Wayne Messam Copy Share Image
For any adult person who has gone through a rough breakup, when you have a situation where you know the breakup needs… — Jerrika Hinton Copy Share Image
I like to make jokes; I consider myself a funny person. I just think making jokes about people who are in a… — Maria Shriver Copy Share Image
I feel like my own background in improv and doing documentaries makes me really comfortable with a situation where you're letting things… — Seth Gordon Copy Share Image
It is easy to forget that the most important aspect of comedy, after all, its great saving grace, is its ambiguity. You… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
Play the pass at the right moment - not on a dry pitch and not hitting it hard enough. We don't have… — Alisson Copy Share Image
I've thought a lot about how if something horrible happened, and if it were like 'The Road' situation, I've decided I don't… — Gillian Jacobs Copy Share Image
You can't touch the strippers. Why are you paying to not touch someone? That is weird. How do you win in that… — Chris Hardwick Copy Share Image
A writer has a use for his experiences that most civilians simply don't; he or she discerns material in situations that others… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image