Whatever I do, it will be fighting for social justice.
Winnie Byanyima
Recitation: by Male by Female
Our flying squirrel is in no proper sense a flyer. On the ground, he is more helpless than a chipmunk, because less agile. He can only sail or slide down a steep incline from the top of one tree to the foot of another.
John Burroughs
TreeSailFlyingDownSquirrelTop
At 18, I got a publishing deal, so I was like, 'I can do this for real and not go to college.' When I was a teenager, my parents dragged me to a lot of songwriting conventions.
Meghan Trainor
ParentsCollegeMeI CanGoReal
My naivety is to assume people will think there's compassion and solidarity in wanting to play someone even though we are not them.
Robert Lepage
CompassionPeopleThinkSomeonePlay
Whether history will view Ronald Reagan as a great president depends, more than anything else, on one question: how much credit does he deserve for the fact that the Cold War ended far earlier than almost anyone suspected - and on terms that Americans had fantasized about for 45 years?
Michael Beschloss
HistoryGreatWarColdViewCredit
I've never seen someone work for a salary.
Sophia Amoruso
WorkSomeoneSalaryNeverSeen
My goal is to the best player in the NBA. That's what I'm focusing on each and every day.
Trae Young
BestDayEvery DayGoalNBAPlayer
I always felt that, as an actor, I should play a variety of roles rather than just sticking to one kind & getting typecast.
Roop Durgapal
PlayKindActorAlwaysVarietyJust
I'm a science goober.
Mary Roach
Science
I think a lot of times it's not money that's the primary motivation factor; it's the passion for your job and the professional and personal satisfaction that you get out of doing what you do that motivates you.
Martin Yan
PassionMoneyJobThinkMotivation
The first time I wore a head scarf, I was 16. I looked and felt like a nun. I missed the wind in my hair. For me, it was not a comfortable thing to wear.
Mona Eltahawy
TimeMeWindHairMissedScarf
I also often hear people say that the deck is stacked against them because of racism, sexism, or other oppressive 'isms.' But once you let go of the blame and excuses, you'll see that you can alter your position on your own.
Chris Gardner
RacismPeopleBlameExcusesYouGo
Love the art in yourself and not yourself in the art.
Constantin Stanislavski
LoveArtYourself
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