We try to magnify the difference between Americans and the English. In real life they like the same music and dress the same. It's really much more similar than anyone thinks or how we show it. Amanda Bynes americandifferencedress Change image and share on social
Hard conditions of life are indispensable to bringing out the best in human personality. Alexis Carrel bringconditionhard Change image and share on social
My debut album, 'Forget the World,' is all about not listening to the negativity around you and to continue to do what you love, no matter what people think. I love what I do. Dance music is my passion, my life. There is no greater feeling than being one with my fans, partying to the music we love. Afrojack albumcontinuedance share on social
Romantic love, or sex, is the only good thing in a life that is being lived in a dark way. Alan Furst darkgoodlife Change image and share on social
Those of us who know the transporting wonder of a reading life know that it little matters where we are when we talk about books or meet authors or bemoan the state of publishing because when we read, we are always inside, sheltered in that interior room, that clean, well-lighted, timeless place that is the written word. Alice McDermott authorbemoanbook share on social
If you don't have solid beliefs you cannot build a stable life. Beliefs are like the foundation of a building, and they are the foundation to build your life upon. Alfred A. Montapert beliefbuildfoundation Change image and share on social
Your life will be no better than the plans you make and the action you take. You are the architect and builder of your own life, fortune, destiny. Alfred A. Montapert actionarchitectbuilder Change image and share on social
Not everything happens for a reason. Sometimes life just sucks. Alexa Chung lifereasonsuck Change image and share on social
I certainly don't think it's inevitable that we don't love children who don't carry our own DNA. If that were true we wouldn't have millions of successful adoptions to consider. I do think that it's harder to love a child when you come into that child's life after the unrequited passion of infancy and early childhood has passed. Ayelet Waldman adoptioncarrychild share on social
I believe that one version of the good in life can be defined by the moments I sometimes had playing tennis as a sixteen-year-old. You'd be out on the court and for an hour, two hours, sometimes an entire roasting hot day, and every single thing you hit would go in. Hit that ball as hard as you wanted, wherever you wanted, and it went in. Atul Gawande ballcourtday share on social