Well, I always wanted to write from the time I was very little, and my mother encouraged me. She wrote a journal from the time she was 15 up until about the age of 76. Francine Rivers ageencouragejournal Change image and share on social
Unborn children do not have a voice, but they are young members of the human family. It is time to look at the unborn child, and recognize that it is really a young human, who can feel pain and should be treated with care. Sam Brownback carechildfamily share on social
All the time our union was progressing very nicely. There were lectures to make us understand what trades unionism is and our real position in the labor movement. Rose Schneiderman laborlecturemake Change image and share on social
When it came time to go to college, I had been accepted for Harvard when my father was offered the position of head of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company office on the west coast, and we moved to San Francisco. Douglass North acceptcoastcollege share on social
I like to think my sense of humor is sort of smart and dumb at the same time. I like to work on multiple levels - smart and dumb, funny and sad, profound and mundane, cynical and hopeful. Robert Lopez cynicaldumbfunny Change image and share on social
The NYPD has too urgent a mission and too few officers for us to waste time and resources on broad, unfocused surveillance. We have a responsibility to protect New Yorkers from violent crime or another terrorist attack - and we uphold the law in doing so. Raymond Kelly attackbroadcrime share on social
If anything, the power of the cover of 'Time' has increased as the media landscape has atomized. Nancy Gibbs atomizecoverincrease Change image and share on social
I've never been typed. John Wayne played 'that guy' all the time - mostly because that's all he could do. Gable played Gable parts, and Bob Taylor played Bob Taylor parts, whether he was in armor or a full-dress suit. I resisted that. Robert Preston armorbobdress share on social
For me, a lot of my work has dealt with what it means to be at the center of the universe and how alienating and kind of seductive it is. A lot of my work is very aggressive and very visual, but at the same time, it has a lot of tension in it and makes you kind of uncomfortable sometimes. Marco Brambilla aggressivealienatecenter share on social
Bringing more large sporting events to Africa would help the continent develop sports policies and at the same time optimize its peoples' chances of achieving competitive success. Richard Attias achieveafricabring Change image and share on social