From the age of 14 to about 20, I bombarded record companies and DJs with my demos. I was desperate to get it out there. Most of the time, I got nothing back. Calvin Harris agebackbombard Change image and share on social
In many respects a teenage girl's home is more important to her than at any time since she was a small child. She also needs emotional support and protection from the most corrosive cultural forces that seek to exploit her when she is least able to resist. Caitlin Flanagan childcorrosivecultural share on social
There's much to be said for feeling numb. Time passes more quickly. You eat less, and because numbness encourages laziness, you do fewer things, good or bad, and the world's probably a better place for it. Douglas Coupland badeatencourage share on social
Our time here is magic! It's the only space you have to realize whatever it is that is beautiful, whatever is true, whatever is great, whatever is potential, whatever is rare, whatever is unique, in. It's the only space. Ben Okri beautifulgreatmagic share on social
As an actor, you always have to reinvent yourself or you end up in the gutter somewhere. It's my job to always change people's minds. I've known that for a long time and I've had to do it. Dylan McDermott actorchangeend Change image and share on social
At the time I belonged to the socialist party, and Hitler came to power. Douglas Sirk belonghitlerparty Change image and share on social
Every time a director calls me and says, 'If you practice a lot in two months, can you be an American?' And I always tell them, 'Well, maybe but I'm French. So it's going to be hard to be someone else.' Melanie Laurent americancalldirector share on social
I did magic all my life from the time I was 12, and I like to tap into the magic from history. Marco Tempest historylifemagic Change image and share on social
I think I would have a better time writing films rather than directing. Mackenzie Astin directfilmtime Change image and share on social
In retrospect, the political and cultural climate in the early '60s seems both a time of innocence and also like a sultry, still summer day in the Midwest: an unsettling calm before a ferocious storm over Vietnam, which was not yet an American war. Tom Brokaw 60samericancalm share on social