I've turned down a few roles because I couldn't see myself in them.
Sai Pallavi
Recitation: by Male by Female
I am mean as cats' meat about handbags: mine don't ever look chic. I always prefer bags that aren't made of leather.
Joanna Lumley
CatsI AmLookMeanMeatLeather
The Botanischer Garten in Berlin has one of Europe's finer winter trails, leading in careful order from glasshouses devoted to African-American and Australian desert species, through a fine collection of tropical plants, and on to the orchid house.
John Burnside
WinterPlantsDesertHouseEurope
Hitchhiking was such a pure form of existence. You'd wake up in the morning, and you'd have no idea what your day was going to be. And that's something I've never been able to shake. I loved that.
John Hawkes
MorningDayWake UpLovedYouNever
My life in Brooklyn was in constant danger because of my bad health.
Maurice Sendak
LifeHealthMy LifeBadBrooklyn
With the combination of spending a fair amount of time on planes, having twins that go to elementary school, and generally living a lifestyle that is pretty high-stress, I have been known to run myself down quite easily, so I am pretty much a petri dish for germs, colds, and flus.
Amanda de Cadenet
TimeMyselfSchoolI AmDownLiving
Once I began doing stand-up, I didn't get a kick out of the applause or being the centre of attention - but I did get a kick out of the jigsaw puzzle aspect of it, searching for the right bit, adding another few pieces each night until the bigger picture appears. That's the appeal: the challenge of it.
Stephen Merchant
ChallengeNightPuzzlePictureDoing
How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in the truth.
Sophocles
TruthKnowledgeHelpHowDreadful
When you go out on a limb, that's when you really know you're living.
Robin Quivers
YouGoKnowLivingOutLimb
Yorkshire weather can turn quickly. At one Auld Lang Syne race, it dropped to -16C. The frost turned everybody's hair grey. I couldn't take my shoes off, as my laces had frozen solid.
Jonathan Brownlee
ShoesWeatherHairGreyRaceTurn
When you're a little kid, you have nerve. I'd walk right up to whoever was recording and say, 'Hey, dude, what's the lick of the week?'
Dimebag Darrell
WalkWeekYouSayRightKid
The closer the source of light is to a subject, the broader the beams are.
Conrad Hall
LightSourceCloserSubjectBroader
I have a very non-existent, dysfunctional relationship with my biological mother.
Antoni Porowski
MotherRelationshipDysfunctional
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