I've had some amazing people in my life. Look at my father - he came from a small fishing village of five… — Kiefer Sutherland Copy Share Image
When we come down into the distant village, visible from the mountain-top, the nobler inhabitants with whom we peopled it have departed,… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
For a writer you have to be interested in different cultures, different backgrounds. You are not there to write only about your… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
For over ten years, bombs rained down on every village and hamlet in South Vietnam, and no one budged. It took the… — Vernon A. Walters Copy Share Image
All kids love bikes and cars. But there was a guy in my local village, Tony, who gave me a go on… — Charley Boorman Copy Share Image
When I gave birth to my fourth child, I suffered from post partum hemorrhaging. I almost lost my life. I was lucky… — Joyce Banda Copy Share Image
Mothers really were not built to raise babies not only by themselves, but with only a partner. For millions of years, a… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
“Live life so well that, even if you die, the empty seats behind you will tell the story that, "yea, this soul… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“People are scared, you see. But life goes on, now, doesn’t it? No matter what else is happening around you, you’ve just… — Bella Forrest Copy Share Image
'Ice Cold' is the eighth in my 'Rizzoli and Isles' thriller series. It was inspired by a true occurrence in the 1960s,… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
I love the energy of Islington, the variety of things you can see, taste and buy, the number of young people around… — Freddie Fox Copy Share Image
I was my class playwright and I wrote plays set in villages with kings and chiefs.My plays were about treason and betrayals.… — Sefi Atta Copy Share Image
Because I worked as a newspaper reporter for about 14 years before attempting my first novel, I learned to write under almost… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
After I returned from Oxford, I spent 5-6 years in a village in Madhya Pradesh - 25 km. outside Bhopal - along… — Atishi Copy Share Image
One of my earliest memories is walking up a muddy road into the mountains. It was raining. Behind me, my village was… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
Let's recall Bosnia in 1995. As we know well, the European peacekeeping contingent, represented by the Dutch troops, did not want to… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
When my friends talk about childhood, I've never heard of any cartoons or TV they remember. The only thing we share is… — Alek Wek Copy Share Image
Even after so many decades of Independence there are 18,500 villages in India which do not have electricity. We affirm our commitment… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
My grandfather used to say: Life is astoundingly short. To me, looking back over it, life seems so foreshortened that I scarcely… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
When combined with information and communication technologies, microcredit can unleash new opportunities for the world's poorest entrepreneurs and thereby revitalize the village… — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
For the world order to be one of peace and justice, for the global village to be a theater of right livelihood,… — Agnivesh Copy Share Image
Why will I not give free service to my customers to get them used to mobile Internet, and to get every small… — Mukesh Ambani Copy Share Image
A life lived in chaos is an impossibility for the artist. No matter how unstructured may seem the painter's garret in Paris… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
It's true you have to screen out a lot living in the city. I stayed away from New York for a long… — Lynne Tillman Copy Share Image
New York doesn't exactly have neighborhoods, the way most cities do. What it has is closer to distinct and separate villages, some… — Donald E. Westlake Copy Share Image
My mom always instilled in me that it was braver to ask for help when you need it. That has absolutely stuck… — Julia Hartz Copy Share Image
Imagine the first Burmese "giraffe woman"; she was probably a local icon in her village in the way she put the rings… — Noma Bar Copy Share Image
I was quite happy in Arkhangelsk.Subsequently, I was sent to a village. I liked it in its own way because it sounded… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
China is going to be one of Avon's largest market opportunities. It has a large geographic expanse, with hundreds of thousands of… — Andrea Jung Copy Share Image
The whole world is global. With the Internet, it's like we're all living in a small village. We're starting more and more… — Shohreh Aghdashloo Copy Share Image
So often at home in the West Village, I'm like, 'Why aren't I allowed a horse?' I would keep a horse in… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
We're not designed to know hundreds of people - we're designed to know four people in our village. So the only way… — David Baddiel Copy Share Image
Hey...You.. What's life without eyebrows, freak? Got a new listing for your bingo book right here!! A guyis going to be the… — Masashi Kishimoto Copy Share Image
In all the practice centers in the tradition of Plum Village whenever the phone rings or the clock chimes in the dining… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
In my village, Kharkara, 20 km from Rohtak, I would work in our fields of sugarcane, wheat and paddy while dreaming of… — Jaideep Ahlawat Copy Share Image
I don't have just one role model - rather, pieces of inspiration from many different entrepreneurs. One of the great things about… — Julia Hartz Copy Share Image
Very much like that, and very much a loner, do you know and I didn't fit really into sport or all kind… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
We're in a tough place in this world. There are a lot of kids giving up very early. Scripture says it takes… — Ray Lewis Copy Share Image
When I was 5 years old, we had nothing in the village. One day, in front of my house, some soldiers in… — Renzo Rosso Copy Share Image
My father was a golden boy from a very small town. He won a very prestigious law scholarship to NYU Law School,… — Blake Bailey Copy Share Image
