In interviews with dozens of black advisers, friends, donors and allies, few said they had ever heard Mr. Obama muse on the experience of being the first black president of the United States, a role in which every day he renders what was once extraordinary almost ordinary. Jodi Kantor adviserallyblack share on social
Unending joy is actually closer to us than our own skin, and there is nothing we have to do or get or be to experience it. All we have to do is stop driving it away. Srikumar Rao closedriveexperience Change image and share on social
'Harry Potter' shouldn't be children's first experience with suspense and plot turns. Berkeley Breathed childexperienceharry Change image and share on social
It was a good experience working with Roger Vadim and Jane Fonda. Terry Southern experiencefondagood Change image and share on social
I had the easiest publishing experience in the entire world. I sent out fifteen courier letters to agents, got five no replies, nine rejections and one I want to see it. A month later I had an agent. Another month later I had a three book deal with Little Brown. Stephenie Meyer agentbookbrown share on social
It definitely helps to have the acting experience going into singing, because when you're singing, you have to portray the emotion you were feeling when you wrote the song. They're the same thing, in a way; it's expressing your emotions through words. Ryan Newman actemotionexperience share on social
I only really woke up in India. It was my first experience of plenty, strangely enough, because everything in England was rationed. I loved sweets, but you couldn't get them; then there was this marvelous mitthai - I went crazy. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala crazyenglandexperience share on social
I spent two years working on building sites, working on the railways as a guard and in a racing stable, exercising racehorses. I learnt to build relationships. The experience of not being stuck in some middle-class bubble taught me things that being at university hadn't. Nick Davies bubblebuildclass share on social
America is known as a country that welcomes people to its shores. All kinds of people. The image of the Statue of Liberty with Emma Lazarus' famous poem. She lifts her lamp and welcomes people to the golden shore, where they will not experience prejudice because of the color of their skin, the religious faith that they follow. Ruth Bader Ginsburg americacolorcountry share on social
In a multicultural, diverse society there are countless ways in which people negotiate the everyday lived experience and reality of diversity. Randa Abdel-Fattah countlessdiversediversity Change image and share on social