3 December 2020 Matthew Modine We should all aspire in life to do a multitude of things well – to be a great father, to be a good husband, to be a good lover, you know, to try to do things the best you can is very important to me.
3 December 2020 James A. Garfield Poverty is uncomfortable but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim.
3 December 2020 Charlie Simpson Lots of people say to me, ‘I completely hate Busted’. That’s completely cool with me. I understand why.
3 December 2020 Constance Baker Motley There is no longer a single common impediment to blacks emerging in this society.
3 December 2020 Miguel Jontel Pimentel Travel aesthetics should be just as comfortable and practical as they are fashionable.
3 December 2020 Tony Campolo If a guy is intimidated by a woman in leadership, he has real problems with his own concepts of masculinity. That’s a harsh statement, but I believe it to be true.
3 December 2020 Brigitte Bardot I never left France for Hollywood nor stashed my money in Switzerland.
3 December 2020 Rudy Giuliani There are many qualities that make a great leader. But having strong beliefs, being able to stick with them through popular and unpopular times, is the most important characteristic of a great leader.
3 December 2020 Dennis Hastert When Medicare was created for senior citizens and America ‘s disabled in 1965, about half of a senior’s health care spending was on doctors and the other half on hospitals.
3 December 2020 Rainn Wilson And I do believe that the way to change a society, to uplift people – not just their spirit, but to uplift their society and economic base – is through education.
3 December 2020 David Byrne Why not invest in the future of music, instead of building fortresses to preserve its past?
3 December 2020 Peta Wilson I’m crazy about my father, he’s an amazing man, a real adventurer. He took us with him to travel all over the world. We were in places that were so remote, that white people hardly ever reach them.
3 December 2020 Vivienne Westwood The age in which we live, this non-stop distraction, is making it more impossible for the young generation to ever have the curiosity or discipline… because you need to be alone to find out anything.
3 December 2020 Matthew Broderick Having a baby changes the way you view your in-laws. I love it when they come to visit now. They can hold the baby and I can go out.
3 December 2020 Martin Luther King, Jr. Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.
3 December 2020 Jacques Ellul Modern technology has become a total phenomenon for civilization, the defining force of a new social order in which efficiency is no longer an option but a necessity imposed on all human activity.
3 December 2020 Gus Van Sant My art teacher in junior high was a very out gay man and a mentor to me. He would tell us about Greenwich Village and show us the ‘Village Voice’ and describe his life, but it was all sort of subversive and below the radar.
3 December 2020 Cat Stevens The very first lesson that I learnt from the Qur’an was the message of unity and peace.
3 December 2020 Francois de La Rochefoucauld There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.
3 December 2020 Paul Thomas Anderson I don’t get a sense of American pride. I just get a sense that everyone is here, battling the same thing – that around the world everybody’s after the same thing, just some minor piece of happiness each day.
3 December 2020 Richard Eyre I sort of feel that climate change will be solved by science. I just feel instinctively that we will find a way of saving ourselves. But I am less confident that we won’t destroy ourselves in other ways.
3 December 2020 Jeff Ross When I see a good singer, I get teary-eyed. Part of it is jealousy because all comedians are frustrated rock stars. That’s a fact.
3 December 2020 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow All things must change to something new, to something strange.
3 December 2020 Joyce Meyer Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges.
3 December 2020 Babe Ruth Reading isn’t good for a ballplayer. Not good for his eyes. If my eyes went bad even a little bit I couldn’t hit home runs. So I gave up reading.
3 December 2020 Valerie Bertinelli I’ve realized that I’m more important than food is. I love a big slice of pizza, but I love myself more. Being thin is about changing the way you think about yourself. It’s about saying that you deserve to be healthy.
3 December 2020 Wayne Gretzky I knew at a young age, whether I was playing baseball or hockey or lacrosse, that my teammates were counting on me, whether it be to strike the last batter out in a baseball game or score a big goal in a hockey game.