As many people have chronicled, the decision to fight in Vietnam was a years-long accretion of step-by-step choices, each of which could… — James Fallows Copy Share Image
I was very priggish as a child. I saved up for a book on medieval English nunneries, for which I was despised… — Claire Tomalin Copy Share Image
The Taliban has not, in my judgment, in any significant way changed their fundamental goal and objective, which is to take over… — Jack Keane Copy Share Image
When I arrived in France aged 20, I marched against the death penalty, which was an unpopular thing to protest against at… — Jane Birkin Copy Share Image
Like the rest of the genetic lottery, beauty is unfair. Everyone falls short of perfection, but some are luckier than others. Real… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
In 1878, after having finished my course of instruction at the School of Military Medicine of Val-de-Grace, I was sent to Algeria… — Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran Copy Share Image
By the general process of epic poetry, I mean the way this form of art has constantly responded to the profound needs… — Lascelles Abercrombie Copy Share Image
These ancient huts were soon cleared of the rubbish covering them. I planned them, and removed them for investigation below, which undertaking… — Howard Carter Copy Share Image
'Charlotte's Web,' which I read sitting on my mother's lap, was the most emotional experience: that was when I made the leap… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
Metaphor creates a kind of conceptual synesthesia, in which we understand one concept in the context of another. — James Geary Copy Share Image
The development of science is basically a social phenomenon, dependent on hard work and mutual support of many scientists and on the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Part of my style was getting into a muddle. Audiences think that's part of the act. Sometimes it might be - but… — Ronnie Corbett Copy Share Image
Kids will come into my boxing gym with no discipline, and then you teach them how to focus and love what they're… — Tamer Hassan Copy Share Image
The reality is the three gulf carriers - Emirates, Qatar and Etihad - are forces with which to be reckoned. Strategic investments… — Richard Quest Copy Share Image
We did have a beautiful cottage in the Lake District which we spent lots of time in when I was younger. — Phoebe Dynevor Copy Share Image
These nations, in which U.N. designated terrorists roam freely, lead processions, and deliver their poisonous sermons of hate with impunity, are as… — Sushma Swaraj Copy Share Image
Once I began college, I was committed to writing, which I think is different from saying I wanted to become a writer.… — Dinaw Mengestu Copy Share Image
I am no more solely counted for comic or villain roles, which comes more often in mainstream, masala films. — Saswata Chatterjee Copy Share Image
The spy genre is something which, as a fan of movies, a movie geek myself, I just love that cinematic joy that… — Pierce Brosnan Copy Share Image
But every time the workers come out in the only way they know to protest against conditions which are unbearable the strong… — Rose Schneiderman Copy Share Image
If I had my way, all actors over 55 would be issued a 3-lb. wet salmon with which to slap the face… — Richard Griffiths Copy Share Image
Stories in which the player doesn't inhabit the main character are difficult for games to handle. — Hideo Kojima Copy Share Image
I've had a series of setbacks in my life, which I've written about. — Anthony Scaramucci Copy Share Image
