I had a sort of bad experiences as a playwright early on, when directors were putting in huge concepts that I didn't… — Adam Rapp Copy Share Image
The earliest paintings I loved were always the most non-referential paintings you can imagine, by painters such as Mondrian. I was thrilled… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
We have held forums here at the White House on workplace flexibility, and the first major bill signed into law by President… — Valerie Jarrett Copy Share Image
Music therapy was so important in the early stages of my recovery because it can help retrain different parts of your brain… — Gabrielle Giffords Copy Share Image
Everyone has a dream deep in their heart, which is a center of what they want to do. If they had all… — Bruce Wilkinson Copy Share Image
Growing up, I would say, when we were racing go-karts back in the day, it was always our uncle. We were always… — Amber Cope Copy Share Image
My entire family were Democrats all our lives. But because how furious I was about the previous administration, I turned in my… — Danny Aiello Copy Share Image
My first paying job was guest starring in 'Touched By An Angel' when I was 12. It was very exciting. I couldn't… — Mary Elizabeth Winstead Copy Share Image
My father, John Steinbeck, was a man who held human history in great reverence, and in particular the biographies of those people… — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I didn't know who was on the team, but I saw every eye as I walked down the aisle. It looked like… — Al Kaline Copy Share Image
My first two books, 'Letters to a Young Brother' and 'Letters to a Young Sister,' were... distributed pretty widely. Judges in juvenile… — Hill Harper Copy Share Image
If I were put into a college lecture hall right now and told to pay attention for 45 minutes, it would be… — Jeff Kinney Copy Share Image
People feel that I became an actor because I am from a film family and that my parents were actors. But actually,… — Ranbir Kapoor Copy Share Image
They were very generous with me. Everybody was willing to talk about their particular accident, what they had to deal with and… — Gregory Hines Copy Share Image
Mom takes all the credit for my success. Now Mom says, 'I read your face when you were a baby, and it… — Ming-Na Wen Copy Share Image
The problem is that those of us who were born into Islam and who don't want to live according to scripture -… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
We wanted to guide the musicians, so we could create our own sound. We would never let the band just go in… — Lamont Dozier Copy Share Image
When I started out in the eighties, the idea of creating serious comics for adults was pretty laughable to most folks, and… — Seth Copy Share Image
When people say, 'Your music was the music of the Seventies,' I say, 'So was discoteque.' The Seventies was also the highest… — Gerry Beckley Copy Share Image
There were only a couple of Marvel characters I read. I read 'Iron Man.' I have a lot of those. And this… — Greg Berlanti Copy Share Image
I think a part of the reason that those early plays were short was that I just kept having these ideas, and… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
Not so long ago, companies that borrowed lots of money were considered risky, appropriate only for daredevil stock pickers. Those with lots… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
I remember watching the Blu-ray, and also when they first released it on DVD in the collection of all three movies of… — Matt Reeves Copy Share Image
Since I was a child, I started to ask very difficult questions; even my family was telling me all the time, 'You're… — Mosab Hassan Yousef Copy Share Image
To me, there were comedies that should go up for Oscars. I think Eddie Murphy in 'The Nutty Professor' was one of… — Terry Crews Copy Share Image
All of the information that we were getting up to that time from the NRC people, from our people who knew something… — William Scranton Copy Share Image
My friends once told me I remind them of the main character from the American comedy series 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.' I thought… — Anushka Sharma Copy Share Image
It's strange. No one ever really talked to me about my voice. People started writing about it, and I was like, 'What?'… — King Krule Copy Share Image
I went into politics thinking that, if I made arguments in good faith, I'd get a hearing. It's a reasonable assumption, but… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
She wanted us to feel we were above everyone in the town. She really did tell us that we were related to… — Fay Wray Copy Share Image
My very first car was a grey Alfa Romeo Alfasud, which I got in 1987. But, in our family, all cars were… — Allan McNish Copy Share Image
We're visual creatures. Probably, when we were hunter gatherers... that was the kind of thing that mattered. And remembering, say, phone numbers… — Joshua Foer Copy Share Image
I grew up with the Woodstock generation. I went to Woodstock, and like everybody in my school, I wanted to be in… — John Tesh Copy Share Image
Certain kinds of people will always have an issue with my music. But that's fine; it's OK. I don't want to be… — Kacey Musgraves Copy Share Image
All my work is partly biographical. I mean, 'Crash' was absolutely that, absolutely. But you just wouldn't recognize me in most of… — Paul Haggis Copy Share Image
I used to listen to my dad a lot as a way of trying to be close to him, as well, because… — Teddy Thompson Copy Share Image
My memories of Las Vegas were all with my father when I was, like, a teenager. He was best friends with Frank… — Michael Douglas Copy Share Image
I said that if I were an industrialist or entrepreneur, I would invest in agriculture-based enterprises, for there is so much that… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
The school plays needed kids that were big and bold and weren't afraid to be on stage, and I fit that bill,… — Jesse Johnson Copy Share Image
People often refer to bygone days as a simpler time. Perhaps, more accurately, my grandparents' generation focused better on what mattered. Traffic… — Kristina McMorris Copy Share Image
