Black English is something which - it's a natural system in itself. And even though it is a dialect of English, it… — John McWhorter Copy Share Image
Edgar Degas's famous sculpture, 'Little Dancer Aged Fourteen,' served as my muse for 'The Painted Girls.' I came upon a television documentary… — Cathy Marie Buchanan Copy Share Image
The young of human beings compare so poorly in original efficiency with the young of many of the lower animals, that even… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
That $27,000 that a young player will now get just for making the main draw at the Australian Open is huge. It… — Samantha Stosur Copy Share Image
I see in many places little barberry bushes just come up densely in the cow-dung, like young apple trees, the berries having… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The emails and the tweets and the Facebook posts and the fan mail that we get from young people all over America… — Trevor Donovan Copy Share Image
I'm very aware I have very young people following me - 11- and 12-year-olds. I want to do things that are aspirational,… — Iskra Lawrence Copy Share Image
I want our nation to take responsibility to make sure that every single child can look out the window in the morning… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
In the old fairy tales, often a 'moral' was tacked on at the end of the story - say, if a book… — Kate Bernheimer Copy Share Image
So, first, I wanted to be a part of the project because I thought it was an important story to tell. On… — Zoe Kravitz Copy Share Image
I have seen some terrifically exciting changes with young players coming into the squad which is reinvigorated. The older players and the… — Greg Chappell Copy Share Image
When I was a young person I went to the university and I learned a rational language, to think with the left… — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
...scientific power is like inherited wealth: attained without discipline. You read what others have done, and you take the next step. You… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
I'm sitting at home every time there's a Grammy. It's like, 'What is Sharon doing tonight?' I'm sitting home watching it. But… — Sharon Jones Copy Share Image
He'd discovered that his memories of that summer were like bad movie montages - young lovers tossing a Frisbee in the park,… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
I was given five injections. That evening I developed extremely high fever. I was trembling. My arms and my legs were swollen,… — Eva Mozes Kor Copy Share Image
The people who review my books, generally, are kind of youngish culture writers who aspire to write books, or write opinion pieces… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
When I was very young, I wanted to be a girl. I was jealous that girls got to be princesses and wear… — Olivier Theyskens Copy Share Image
I meet a lot of young people that want to go into acting because they think of what it will do for… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
I loved the idea of recording. The idea of sound-on-sound-recording captured me as a young kid, and once I realized what it… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
I don't know the real answer, my answer to anything which is essentially human relations is education. Whatever the answer is, education… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I do occasionally wonder, if you were to bring to life one of those young men who sacrificed themselves in what was… — Russell Crowe Copy Share Image
I was always very curious as a young man about why older writers who I met seemed so indifferent to what was… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
I always tell that to young people - go to college, do theater, work with an audience. Don't try to learn how… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
Since I was very young I've been fascinated with nature and I actually wanted to be a marine biologist when I was… — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
The one thing that John Kennedy did, above all else, was to energize young people to feel that they wanted to give… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
There is no satisfactory explanation of style, no infallible guide to good writing, no assurance that a person who thinks clearly will… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
Let us encourage the generosity which is typical of the young and help them to work actively in building a better world.… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I thought I was growing wings— it was a cocoon. I thought, now is the time to step into the fire— it… — Denise Levertov Copy Share Image
It's very important for the parents of young autistic children to encourage them to talk, or for those that don't talk, to… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Certainly, poverty and economic decline have a lot to do with the so-called rage of Islam. You've got all these young men… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
I don’t see the problem with footballers taking their shirts off after scoring a goal? They enjoy it and the young ladies… — Ian Holloway Copy Share Image
I don't believe in censorship, but I do believe that an artist has to take some moral responsibility for what he or… — Tom Petty Copy Share Image
I first met my husband when I was 15. He was very cool, in a band, all that kind of thing, but… — Natascha McElhone Copy Share Image
Young poets worry that their experiences - whether urban or rural, immigrant or native, small town, suburb, or big city - aren't… — Allison Joseph Copy Share Image
When I was just starting out, I met Cartier-Bresson. He wasn't young in age but, in his mind, he was the youngest… — Sebastiao Salgado Copy Share Image
I don't mind to look older. I don't have this urge that so many people have that they've always got to look… — Grace Coddington Copy Share Image
The voice is like a man, like ourselves: we all feel melancholic about what we have lost, the things we could do… — Jose Carreras Copy Share Image
When we are young we do not look into mirrors. It is when we are old, concerned with our name, our legend,… — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
I want you to try and remember what it was like to have been very young. And particularly the days when you… — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
