I landed in New Jersey, where I could barely speak English, and I had to figure out what a short brown kid… — Maria Ressa Copy Share Image
I grew up in northern New Jersey - the banlieue of New York - and I now live in Brooklyn. I am… — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
It is easy enough to arouse in a listener a desire for what is honorable; for in every one of us nature… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
It often requires more courage to suffer in silence than to rebel, more courage not to strike back than to retaliate, more… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
Each year, in this world, several languages do die out. There are certain languages that have their survival assured for many years,… — Jaume Cabre Copy Share Image
We throw at female artists this expectation that their work has to speak to the female experience. And if it doesn't, you're… — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
Put me up in front of a million people and ask me to speak. I'll flop. But put me behind my drums… — Travis Barker Copy Share Image
I think [Alain Robbe-Grillet] a good writer, but he speaks to the comfortable bourgeoisie. — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
All novelists I speak to about how they started usually say it was by pulling up their roots and going to live… — Deborah Moggach Copy Share Image
I could speak Spanish fluently growing up, but I'm so out of practice, and I have such a tremendous respect for songwriting… — Miguel Copy Share Image
I've been writing about growing old for some time, really from the beginning of my career. It's something I'm apparently hung up… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
As NFL players, we have such a platform to spread the Word of God. And that is an area I don't mind… — Calvin Johnson Copy Share Image
In the same way that I'm open when I speak, I'm that open on stage. I feed off the energy of the… — Tove Lo Copy Share Image
People who have certain types of mental illness have different wiring in their brain. And part of that having a different kind… — H. A. Berlin Copy Share Image
There is an atmosphere about the picture theatre that speaks of entertainment and relaxation. The charming surroundings, good music, and the fact… — Ivor Novello Copy Share Image
To speak practically and as a citizen, unlike those who call themselves no-government men, I ask for, not at once no government,… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Attend to people who show themselves more ready to hear than to speak. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
It was good but it was just a tiny bit uncomfortable because it was a day of lying in the bushes and… — Mia Wasikowska Copy Share Image
Methinks, that a broker, however good and savvy, will only speak about the stock that interest him after he has bought enough… — Sucheta Dalal Copy Share Image
Multi-sensory perception is also the ability to see meaning in everyday experiences...You have non-physical guides and teachers. You access them through your… — Gary Zukav Copy Share Image
I want to be able to speak every language. If I could have any talent and I get to choose it, and… — Andie MacDowell Copy Share Image
I shall speak only of the part I have stayed in- the districts of Lakes Ochrida and Presba. Here there are Greeks,… — Edith Durham Copy Share Image
They speak of "This Dojo" and "That Dojo". They are looking for profit. — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share Image