Born in Kansas City, Missouri, and knowing nothing about Picasso, I had the audacity to knock on his door, became his friend,… — David Douglas Duncan Copy Share Image
The history of screenwriting - of what we do - is more than 100 years old. It's thousands of years old, going… — John Logan Copy Share Image
It's great to do small plays in the theatre and then go off with Blur and play in front of thousands of… — Phil Daniels Copy Share Image
You're feeling the responsibility for hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people on your shoulder in a way that I couldn't… — William Scranton Copy Share Image
There is a reason why the cultures of Indigenous Australia inspire such fascination. And that is that they represent a unique way… — Kevin Rudd Copy Share Image
Activating is about changing people's perceptions of overlooked or invisible spaces. A building can become an archetype, invisible, like for a New… — Chris Jordan Copy Share Image
We are 'nuclear waste' from the fuel that makes stars shine; indeed, each of us contains atoms whose provenance can be traced… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
Topsoil is a place of digestion. It sucks and chews things into smaller pieces. When it's hungry, it turns grey and stony;… — Alice Oswald Copy Share Image
There are hundreds of thousands of words that aren't in any print dictionary today... because there's no space for all of them. — Erin McKean Copy Share Image
In my 30s, I wrote in the back house of a ramshackle Spanish Revival we rented across from the ocean in the… — Mona Simpson Copy Share Image
There was a minor burst of macho nuttiness after 'Jaws' came out, in which people would go off in shark tournaments and… — Peter Benchley Copy Share Image
Instead of doing thousands of dives, I am focusing on quality, and I'm listening to my body more. — Troy Dumais Copy Share Image
Once I found out that I was playing 'Deathlok,' I unearthed my old comic book collection. I was going home for Christmas,… — J. August Richards Copy Share Image
When I hit the scene, there was Billy Connolly and Max Boyce. It was all mother-in-law and Irish jokes, and we broke… — Jasper Carrott Copy Share Image
When you go on the stage before thousands of people, you can be excited and nervous, but it's not fear. — Bill Kreutzmann Copy Share Image
People down on their luck deserve the best: beautiful surroundings and well-paid professional staff to help them out of their difficulties. Why… — Sue Townsend Copy Share Image
I've got no ego; I just like to have thousands of people write to me and tell me how wonderful I am. — Jim Beaver Copy Share Image
Ebola isn't a respiratory virus. It doesn't spread through the airborne route. So it's not likely to spread like wildfire around the… — David Quammen Copy Share Image
The United States has means to wound Latin American countries deeply, chiefly by altering trade policies to cut imports in ways that… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
The majority of my UFO diet consists of reports describing suspected encounters. This is not surprising, as there are thousands of sightings… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
The reason there are tens of thousands of lobbyists is because the ever-expanding federal government creates ever-increasing opportunities for abuse. The more… — Jack Abramoff Copy Share Image
There are many thousands of books on particular assassinations and on the subject in general, but nearly all of them deal with… — George Fetherling Copy Share Image
Knowing how to keep someone motivated and how to keep a connection are skills humans have learned and evolved over hundreds of… — Erik Brynjolfsson Copy Share Image
We don't need mandatory, non-sectarian prayers read over the loudspeaker to 'put God back in schools.' God never left the schools. God… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
