3 December 2020 Mark Strand Poetry is something that happens in universities, in creative writing programs or in English departments.
3 December 2020 Todd English Some of the things I think I learned from that were very educational as far as just paying bills – the basics in dealing with a restaurant like that. It was just life – the education involved in running the organization, even on a small level.
3 December 2020 John Lasseter There is such amazing talent at Disney. My job is 100% creative, and I am very excited to creatively lead them.
3 December 2020 Tim McGraw But I was so wrapped up in sports growing up as a kid, that I think I was going to grow to be a pro ball player. But I found out real quick that was not going to happen.
3 December 2020 Michael Stipe My feeling is that labels are for canned food… I am what I am – and I know what I am.
3 December 2020 Robert De Niro The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you.
3 December 2020 Joseph Prince Knowing that you are completely forgiven destroys the power of sin in your life.
3 December 2020 Jean-Michel Basquiat I don’t listen to what art critics say. I don’t know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.
3 December 2020 Emma Thompson This morning, I went to wipe my hands on a tea towel, and while I was using it, it seemed like it felt a bit light. I unfolded it and realized my daughter had cut little bits out of it to make frocks for her dolls!
3 December 2020 Jamie Lee Curtis Well, I could do it for a day, but I wouldn’t want to be a teenager again. I really wouldn’t.
3 December 2020 Morihei Ueshiba All the principles of heaven and earth are living inside you. Life itself is truth, and this will never change. Everything in heaven and earth breathes. Breath is the thread that ties creation together.
3 December 2020 Robert Browning Love, hope, fear, faith – these make humanity These are its sign and note and character.
3 December 2020 Shaun White I wear black skinny-fit jeans – I can’t get away from them. It’s funny because I wore baggy jeans for ages, then one day my friend convinced me to try on a skinny pair and I thought they were great.
3 December 2020 Nat King Cole Only time, education and plenty of good schooling will make anti-segregation work.
3 December 2020 Bobby McFerrin Well, I started conducting kind of by accident. I wanted to give myself a special birthday present for my fortieth birthday, and I was living in San Francisco at the time and I started attending some of the concerts and then simply dropping hints.
3 December 2020 Mehmet Oz Food – I love nuts. I eat them all the time, they’re easy to carry around, and I am never hungry all day long.
3 December 2020 David Dinkins The art and culture that is New York, communications, finance, all these things help make up New York. The rest of the country should be happy that we are what we are.
3 December 2020 Ron Lewis By encouraging conservation, increasing investments in clean, renewable sources of energy, and promoting increased domestic production of oil and gas, we can build a more secure future for our country.
3 December 2020 Florence Welch I saw ‘The Artist.’ It’s really beautiful and it’s all done to the letter with all the silent film techniques. The costumes were amazing and the dog is so good.
3 December 2020 Luke Scott Gun control means control. It means control for the government and the government starts controlling the people.
3 December 2020 Jane Siberry Hurry, conscious younger people! Get to power quickly so political decisions can be based on the greater good for all rather than the greater gain for few. Hurry, before it is too late!
3 December 2020 C. S. Lewis Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey ‘people.’ People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war… Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest.
3 December 2020 Georgios A. Papandreou People would say you look weak if you’re not cursing the opposition and driving around in a big black car while always wearing a tie. Above all, to be ‘strong’ you’re always supposed to be giving orders.
3 December 2020 Francois de La Rochefoucauld Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect.
3 December 2020 James Buchan Any new financial order for the world must tackle the three chief challenges of our age.
3 December 2020 Lewis Mumford The earth is the Lord’s fullness thereof: this is no longer a hollow dictum of religion, but a directive for economic action toward human brotherhood.
3 December 2020 George Clooney I know what my limitations are as an actor, but my strength is putting myself into a well-written part. When I get in trouble is when I have to fix it, or when I have to carry it on personality.
