I come from an immigrant family, but I know no other nationality apart from British.
Maajid Nawaz
Recitation: by Male by Female
I wrote 'Science For Her!' because I found normal, manly science textbooks to be too intense for my small size-0 brain, and I found normal science textbooks to have covers too heavy for my dainty size-0/size-2-with-bloat hands.
Megan Amram
ScienceBrainSmallHandsHerHeavy
As much as I long for a sort of security and consistency sometimes, I do enjoy sort of being busted around. I really don't know what's happening sometimes next week, let alone this year.
Matthew Macfadyen
AloneConsistencyEnjoyWeekYear
I watch an awful lot of old Hollywood movies - I'll devour anything with Bette Davis or Joan Crawford. My absolute favourite is 'Sunset Boulevard' starring Gloria Swanson.
Amanda Donohoe
SunsetMoviesHollywoodOldAnything
I've discovered I love the vast landscape a series offers. I tend to write long anyway, so, it turns out, series gives me the perfect vehicle for writing 'large' stories.
Mary E. Pearson
LoveMeWritingLandscapePerfect
A challenging economy is always good for design. It unites necessity and functionality. You are forced to be creative with poor materials.
Diane von Furstenberg
GoodCreativeDesignYouPoor
I don't think any artist really knows why a song gets popular.
Chick Corea
SongThinkArtistWhyKnowsReally
If you followed the media you'd think that everybody in Africa was starving to death, and that's not the case; so it's important to engage with the other Africa.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
DeathThinkMediaYouImportant
I've kind of got a rebellious bone. I think I came out of the womb like that.
Brantley Gilbert
ThinkKindOutBoneGotRebellious
The goal of scientists is you hope that the thing you're working on is bigger than the thing you're pipetting into that tube at that moment.
Bonnie Bassler
HopeMomentYouGoalBiggerWorking
The evil of storytelling is you're trying to make the audience complicit in murder - 'Kill the guy! Jump him!' And then once you've done it, it's like, 'I've killed this guy, now what?'
Bruno Heller
EvilTryingYouJumpDoneNow
The scientific consensus is that climate change is real, urgent, and caused by humans. This science should be both supported and understood by anyone who hopes to lead NASA, one of our nation's top science agencies.
Brian Schatz
ChangeScienceClimate ChangeNASA
When I first read the words 'introvert' and 'extrovert' when I was 10, I thought I was both.
Annie Dillard
WordsThoughtFirstExtrovertRead
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