I was fascinated by the culture clash between England and America in the 1950s. My first memories are of being a girl in those post-war years when things were really pretty grim. It wasn't like that in America, which was real boom time. Laurie Graham 1950samericaboom share on social
I intended to be famous by the time I was 16 and rich by the time I was 20. Curiously, it didn't pan out! Karl Schroeder curiouslyfamousintend Change image and share on social
Telling ourselves that fiction is in a sense true and at the same time not true is essential to the art of fiction. It's been at the heart of fiction from the start. Fiction offers both truth, and we know it's a flat-out lie. Sometimes it drives a novelist mad. Sometimes it energizes us. Joanna Scott artdriveenergize share on social
If they can prove that I am wrong by that time, I will give it up to their wisdom, but not after to any one's judgment, till I see the end of another year; for the Lord will begin with a new century; and I will see what he will do, before I will hearken to any man's judgment. Joanna Southcott begincenturyend share on social
In conclusion we may say, in view of the confirmation that our study has given of the parallelism between individual and racial thought of the Self, that in the history of psychology we discern the great profile which the race has drawn on the pages of time. James Mark Baldwin conclusionconfirmationdiscern share on social
You are not going to put 100,000 police officers on the streets overnight and do the right job. To put them on the streets, to see that they're properly trained; you have to do it in an orderly way over a period of time. Janet Reno 000jobofficer share on social
So the first thing that went on was to decide... trying to find a time when we could get reprisal raids out. James Stockdale decidefindraid Change image and share on social
I was tortured fifteen times, that's total submission. They did that with shutting off your blood circulation with ropes, giving you claustrophobia and pain at the same time, bending you double. James Stockdale bendbloodcirculation Change image and share on social
When Ginger Rogers danced with Astaire, it was the only time in the movies when you looked at the man, not the woman. Gene Kelly astairedanceginger Change image and share on social