Though I love my country, I do not love my countrymen.
Lord Byron
Recitation: by Male by Female
I've always been really interested in how people's identities are shaped by where they come from and how they want to get away from where they come from.
Jill Soloway
PeopleWantAlwaysWhereGetBeen
The problem is that even as you reveal the mysteries in your past, you are accumulating them in the present; complete honesty is the stuff of post-mortem, not autobiography.
Andrew Solomon
HonestyPastPresentProblemYou
You have to do what it takes to get what you want: I didn't sleep much in school because I worked a lot - you figure out how to make it happen.
Stacy Brown-Philpot
SleepSchoolMake It HappenYouWant
It's like going to the zoo when you come to my house. I have snakes, three sharks, moray eels, piranhas, five scorpions and a bird spider.
Tracy Morgan
BirdYouHouseSharksZooThree
I'm painfully a realist but ruthlessly an optimist. I think maybe it's because of my faith - I've always got the hope that there is something out there to make it all worthwhile.
Mat Kearney
FaithHopeThinkRealistAlwaysOut
I miss the anonymity that comes with New York because everyone around you is so immersed in their own journey.
Jordana Brewster
JourneyNew YorkYouNewOwnMiss
My background is in musical comedy. I didn't know I was going to be an actor. But all my points of reference have to do with musical comedy and in being kind of a showoff.
Christopher Walken
ComedyKnowKindActorBeingGoing
It's not that we fly by the seat of our pants. We're not afraid of failure.
Craig Ferguson
FailureFlyPantsAfraidSeatOur
When it comes down to it, you're playing football regardless of what offense you're in.
Colin Kaepernick
FootballYouDownPlayingOffense
I guess I strongly feel that we cannot pretend that the Third World is not part of our world. We cannot say 'OK, there's that problem over there, let's just close our eyes' - we cannot do that.
Susanne Bier
EyesWorldFeelProblemSayOver
Missions is not about sending missionaries, and missions is not about doing missions. Missions is about the communication of truth to men.
Paul Washer
CommunicationTruthMenDoingAbout
As a co-chair of the State's 2010 Olympics Task Force, I am working to make sure our border crossings are ready to handle the risks and benefits the Games will bring.
Rick Larsen
I AmRisksBorderReadyGamesWill
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