I got my first exposure to Islam when I was 13.
Mos Def
Recitation: by Male by Female
I hoped, hoped, that maybe I'd be lucky enough to do something on Broadway, in the chorus.
Jennifer Garner
EnoughLuckyBroadwaySomething
One of the myths about Dad was that he was mean. That simply wasn't true. I always found him generous to a fault but he wasn't reckless with his money, which was rather rare in Hollywood. He'd grown up with nothing and he wasn't about to fritter it all away.
Jennifer Grant
MoneyTrueHollywoodNothingMean
You never know when you start a project just how good it can be.
Jenifer Lewis
GoodStartYouKnowNeverProject
I think English film is very embarrassed by patriotism, generally.
Tom Hooper
PatriotismThinkEmbarrassedFilm
I know there is a God because in Rwanda I shook hands with the devil. I have seen him, I have smelled him and I have touched him. I know the devil exists, and therefore I know there is a God.
Romeo Dallaire
GodDevilHandsKnowHimSeen
I hang out with people I have worked with - most of my friends I've met because I've worked with them, to be honest.
Miles Heizer
PeopleFriendsOutHonestHangMost
Beyond monetary policy, fiscal policy has traditionally played an important role in dealing with severe economic downturns.
Janet Yellen
ImportantBeyondPolicyRoleDealing
To put it in plain language, Russia is that country where the name of a writer appears not on the cover of his book, but on the door of his prison cell.
Joseph Brodsky
DoorBookPrisonNameLanguage
It's not that prison makes you shed your abstract notions. On the contrary, it pares them down to their most succinct articulations. Prison is, indeed, a translation of your metaphysics, ethics, sense of history and whatnot into the compact terms of your daily deportment.
DailyHistoryEthicsPrisonYou
Tolerance says I am just going to stomach your right to be different. That if you disappear from the face of the earth, I am no better or worse off. But love - love knows that every American has worth and value, no matter what their background, race, religion, or sexual orientation.
Cory Booker
LoveReligionI AmValueFaceYou
I'm a total nerd. I love fantasy.
Scott Thompson
LoveFantasyNerdI LoveTotal
Hitler had a police state of the first order. And those who showed any sign of being weak-kneed faced prison or often summary execution. That prevented a lot of people who knew that the war was not going to turn out well for Germany from giving up.
Rick Atkinson
PoliceWarPeoplePrisonGivingOut
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