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Thomas Young was born in 1731 in upstate New York. The child of impoverished Irish immigrants, he grew up in a log cabin without the benefit of a formal education. But he was an avid reader who began...

Loose talk about no deal has given credibility to the simplistic slogans of the Brexit party and resulted in millions voting for them.

I was born in Korea and left before my first birthday.

A good balance of winning and losing is important. If you just win all the time, you won't get anything out of it; having some tough losses can be really important.

I want to make an album my grandma and my fans are going to like. I want to make my grandma understand a drop and make club fans understand a song.

I went to a private arts school. We had to wear cloaks.

It helps to have founded and run a company if you're going to help somebody run a company who is a founder.

I've always talked to players about perception and reality. I don't worry about perception. There may be some of that, that people want to attach to a good name, but the reality is that some good...

Filming a story set in a war zone in the '60s was such a treat, as it gave me so much scope to dive into.

Think about the photo before and after, never during. The secret is to take your time. You mustn't go too fast. The subject must forget about you. Then, however, you must be very quick.

When I watched Guru Dutt's films, they just blew my mind.

For years I was a rock climber and nothing else. I went to school, yes, and university, yes, but in my heart I was a rock climber.

I've always been more in control of my professional life than my personal life. Although I'm a strong woman, when I fall in love I just give myself 100 percent. I become secondary.

I'm one who demands a lot from people. I'm not afraid to look at alternative ways in city government. That's what I've done in my two years and will continue to do in the next four.

I really believe in a community effort.

Dreams have always expanded our understanding of reality by challenging our boundaries of the real, of the possible.

When I feel like I'm doing my best work, there is a bit of a freedom, a bit of flight that you're not so much losing yourself but you're sort of in the zone.

We would never do anything for the sole purpose of bumming people out or upsetting people.

I left the Midwest when I was twelve years old, and I haven't lived in a small town since.

When I started in 2007, YouTube was just a fun hobby for others and myself.

My skirt fell off on stage during a performance of Hairspray on Broadway, revealing my fat suit over my own natural fat suit. I turned to the audience and said, 'Now you know why I spent six years in...

One person's barbarity is another person's civilisation.

If I leave this sport, I think life will stop.

Things like the financial markets - a proper grounding in mathematics could help the common man. I believe that if people are more familiar with mathematical concepts... it can help deal with modern...

We come. We go. And in between we try to understand.

He who goes step by step always finds himself level with a step.

Sometimes I feel like distance helps observation.

No alliance in history has done more to prevent war, and no alliance is more rooted in the values America champions, than NATO.

As for myself, I was never against Russia.

The ancient universities were not based on how many credit hours you're taking or whether you've completed your credit hours. Instead, they focused more on customized, personalized learning... where...

The ministers of kings should learn to moderate their ambition. The higher they elevate themselves above their proper sphere, the greater the danger that they will fall.

I like actors - I used to be one.

I don't eat after 7 pm or before about 10.30 am. I have a massive sweet tooth that I am constantly struggling to control, but I don't like alcohol, so that’s a big plus. I do drink at least 2 litres...