Every accepted public quote

“Like all Iranian kids, I grew up feeling strongly that the best part of dinner was tahdig, the crisp, golden crust that forms at the bottom of every pot of Persian rice - and sometimes other...”

“My parents didn't really understand too much about sport. At that time, we were in a Polish community in the inner city of Chicago, and I was the youngest of a bunch of cousins. Polish famil...”

“I've always said that, growing up in postwar Japan, I never felt any connection to my work through those experiences. The work I do really comes from inside myself. For me, being born in Jap...”

“Berlin is all about volatility. Its identity is based not on stability but on change.”

“I've never been the kind of woman that hates other women, particularly based on their attractiveness.”

“We shall continue our fight for democracy and freedom because we do not accept that Hong Kong will be transformed into a police state.”

“I was determined not to sit around and watch my life deteriorate. I kept reaching out in hope and honesty that someone would find me. I never gave up hope. I fell flat on my face and got up...”

“The first acting thing I ever did was my senior year I decided not to play a sport in the Spring and, in that Spring B.J. Novak who went to school with me, asked if I'd be in this show that...”

“For the movie 'Bhaskar Oru Rascal' I had to let go of a part of my agreed salary and in fact, had to lend money to the producer when he couldn't meet his financial obligations at the time of...”

“I'm a weirdo, but I have a very strong moral code.”

“I couldn't make a headphone look like a piece of medical equipment or a toy, as most headphones do.”

“'Django' was definitely the beginning of my political side, and I think 'Hateful Eight' is the... logical extension and conclusion of that. I mean, when I say conclusion, I'm not saying I'll...”

“I produce a lot of my artwork in Germany.”

“Because we make ourselves deaf to feedback, because we overestimate our abilities, because we become consumed with ourselves, we end up subjecting ourselves not just to the inevitable stumbl...”

“Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul from what it desires. If a man would travel far along the mystic road, he must learn to desire God...”

“The secret of good writing is to say an old thing in a new way or a new thing in an old way.”

“I don't have an album cover with me on a broomstick.”

“The combat environment has the effect of flattening out civilian identities. If you're young or old, or a graduate from Harvard or the son of a farmer from Alabama, or if you're gay or strai...”

“The beauty of a soul is a hidden gem ~ 'Adrift' -Mala Naidoo”

“I think older people can appreciate my music because I really show my heart when I sing, and it's not corny. I think I can grow as an artist, and my fans will grow with me.”

“While we cannot predict the future, we will most surely live it. Every action and decision we take - or don't - ripples into the future. For the first time, we have the capability, the techn...”

“I wrote poetry, which got me into lyrics. Stevie Wonder, Carole King, Elton John pulled me into pop. I started singing with a band - just for fun - when I was 17. And pretty soon, I was thin...”

“Beware how you take away hope from another human being”

“Secret government programs that pry into people's private affairs are bound up with ideas about secrecy and privacy that arose during the process by which the mysterious became secular.”

“she was glad she had been scarred. She said that whoever loved her now would love her true self, and not her pretty face.”

“Informed consent is required for every invasive medical procedure, from getting your ears pierced to having an abortion.”

“When you're true to yourself - not the audience that reads about me in the newspaper or sees a clip someplace, but the audience that actually comes and watches, just like Oprah - they get to...”

“The two basic topics which fascinate me are 'What is reality?' and 'What constitutes the authentic human being?'”

“I'm from the Detroit area, just north of Detroit. But then I went to boarding school in northern Michigan, so a little bit colder up there. But beautiful, very beautiful.”

“Exude happiness and you will feel it back a thousand times.”

“Really to believe in human nature while striving to know the thousand forces that warp it from its ideal development-to call for and expect much from men and women, and not to be disappointe...”

“I'm definitely incredibly attracted to the aesthetic of what is typically deemed goth stuff, but. A lot of my experience growing up was in being around that kind of thing, and it's just what...”

“The one source of criticism even the most repressive authoritarian leader cannot silence is the outside world. Autocrats are usually thin-skinned and like to be admired, so at least, at firs...”

“I've always been drawn to the Edwardian period in England. To me, it seems like such a fascinating time, when the British Empire was at the height of its powers and the strict mores of the V...”

“Don't waste a minute not being happy. If one window closes, run to the next window- or break down a door.”

“If I want to hear a voice, Lana Del Rey is very soothing, and I could just listen to her on repeat, but my real go-to that's been very consistent for at least the past ten years is Miles Dav...”

“What it means to look like a woman or man changes regionally - from mannerisms to clothes to posture to makeup to even your vocals - so I just observe, and I replicate.”

“TV chefs are not responsible for people's consumption of fibre; this is not our job.”

“I am one of four girls and was inspired by my father to dream big. Some girls want to be doctors, but I wanted to run a company.”

“Every morning is my birthday and every night is my death-day.”

“Being at NASA and having the access to both computing capability and satellite observation capability is kind of the ideal research situation to try to understand global climate change.”

“When I went to Sundance back in 1998, indie film was all the rage, and Miramax was throwing down five or six million dollars for several films each year. Those were the salad days of indie f...”

“There was mystery at the heart of any of marriage, secrets even people close to it would never know.”

“I was impressionable at that age, and my high school coach did such an unbelievable job helping me, so I want to do that for other kids.”

“One of the most enjoyable things I do at Government House and when I travel around Australia is to talk with children. I tell them about our parliamentary democracy - and I often do that as...”

“Being a big star and being known, making movies and a lot of money - that really doesn't interest me.”

“Public education must be viewed from the lens of providing each child with the learning environment that best meets his or her needs. If we can send a low-income child to a parochial school,...”

“I never considered game show host as a career, but it's fun because I get to inject some of my comedy into it.”