Every accepted public quote

“You know, when a fast bowler comes back after a series of five Test matches and then straightaway has to go into a one-day series with a three-day break, a T20 series with a one-day break, i...”

“Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true.”

“I tried real hard to play golf, and I was so bad at it they would have to check me for ticks at the end of the round because I'd spent about half the day in the woods.”

“Forget yesterday - it has already forgotten you. Don't sweat tomorrow - you haven't even met. Instead, open your eyes and your heart to a truly precious gift - today.”

“You have to go on and be crazy. Craziness is like heaven.”

“I wanted the past to go away, I wanted to leave it, like another country; I wanted my life to close, and open like a hinge, like a wing, like the part of the song where it falls down over th...”

“I didn't want to get divorced, but at the point where your children are part of it, you have to do something. I would really love it not to have happened because it haunts you, it will never...”

“If winning or losing is going to define your life, you're on a rough road.”

“We all have restlessness in long-term relationships.”

“Look to nature for comfort and believe... Each sunrise brings hope Each wave in the ocean brings joy Each drifting cloud brings relief Each gust of wind steers positive thoughts our way Each...”

“Nothing ever gets settled in this town (Washington). It's not like running a company or even a university. It's a seething debating society, in which the debate never stops; in which people...”

“Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can wreak no great changes on the world, only small changes for the better, I hope, in the lives of those I love.”

“I went to a school called Tring Park School for the Performing Arts. I went because initially I was very naughty, and my mom thought if I was busy, I'd be better. And I didn't really do acti...”

“People in the media and press often say they've never been good at math. It might be that people that consider themselves creative didn't consider themselves good at math or didn't find math...”

“'The Post' is a fairly fusty place when it comes to profanity. If a reporter tries to get a bad word into a story, the word is usually forwarded to top editors, who consider it with the grav...”

“I'm learning [that] love and school are the only things you get for free when you're young, and I took it for granted.”

“It's an individual waste and it's an economic waste for Australia not to recognise dyslexia.”

“I wasn't a jazz player, but a classical musician, and I improvised arrangements of popular songs using classical motifs.”

“Being a professional writer is not an easy way to make a living.”

“Some of the most inspiring moments in sports have come from players with physical defects. Tom Dempsey, born without toes on his right foot, kicked a 63-yard field goal in 1970, using a stra...”

“We just had a near-life experience!”

“Despair is the price one pays for self-awareness. Look deeply into life, and you'll always find despair.”

“When you allow racial disparity and institutional inequity to affect one part of the country, eventually it's coming back to get everyone.”

“I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess.”

“I didn't enjoy my college life in Noida much because I was quite disoriented there, since I was staying away from my family.”

“I felt sidelined by the industry, by the preoccupation with finding something newer, younger.”

“In those days I don't' think they were even demos.”

“Prayer is exhaling the spirit of man and inhaling the spirit of God.”

“When we think about a great movie, I mean, what do we think about? We think about story, we think about character. And when the visual effects aren't perfect, we forgive it.”

“I was part of a hip-hop group called Fly Style. I was one of two white girls, and I was part of the younger company, which was called Touch of Style. And it was amazing. It gave me a differe...”

“Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.”

“I was 21 and had been going out with my boyfriend for two years when I found out I was pregnant - despite being told by doctors that I was sterile. Jamie's father and I hadn't discussed marr...”

“Linkin Park has been a band for such a long time, for me, in my eyes. I was 16 years old when I first heard them. I heard 'Hybrid Theory,' and I was floored at what I was listening to. It wa...”

“A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.”

“I was not a great guitarist, so I sold my 1960 Fender Stratocaster in exchange for a Shure Microphone, made in Chicago, and a flute.”

“As a first generation American myself, I know that comprehensive immigration reform is good for our country. I know it will reduce our deficit, grow our economy, reaffirm our values, advance...”

“I think there's no question that vaccines have been absolutely critical in ridding us of the scourge of many diseases - smallpox, polio, etc. So vaccines are an invaluable medication. Like a...”

“I won't be the kind of artist speaking in riddles all the time - it will be lyrics that make sense the moment I say them.”

“We're going to need to absorb some pain. The Republicans want to pile all the pain on people who can least afford it and the middle class and Democrats under his leadership want to make sure...”

“'Infinity War' needs no teasing. That movie literally needs no teasing. It's going to be the biggest movie of all time. Believe me; no one is ready for this movie.”

“Chemotherapy is just medieval. It's such a blunt instrument. We're going to look back on it like we do the dark ages.”

“I knew what the story behind 'Dreams' was. It was about Stevie Knicks' relationship. But when I sing it, it's about sharing some sage advice with somebody.”

“History is not a long series of centuries in which men did all the interesting/important things and women stayed home and twiddled their thumbs in between pushing out babies, making soup and...”

“Sensationalism sells: Don't let the facts get in the way of a good story.”

“Shortly after college, I was working in New York City at 'Rolling Stone' magazine.”

“All of the most important lessons about writing I learned from my father. He never set out to teach me anything, it would just be something he said casually in conversation.”

“It is only a step from boredom to disillusionment, which leads naturally to self-pity, which in turn ends in chaos.”

“It is as if the ordinary language we use every day has a hidden set of signals, a kind of secret code.”