I don't really go around feeling very Irish at all. I don't go to Irish pubs. I've lived so many places, and I'm still so curious about the bigger world. It's grand to be alive in a time when mobility is so accessible. Stuart Townsend accessiblealivebig share on social
My first taste memory is pickle. Even as a kid, I was really weird. I liked chillis. I used to climb up the shelves in my grandmother's pantry. The pickle jar was kept right at the top. One time, I dropped the jar and it broke. I was totally busted. Padma Lakshmi breakbustchilli share on social
Knowledge born of the finest discrimination takes us to the farthest shore. It is intuitive, omniscient, and beyond all divisions of time and space. Patanjali beardiscriminationdivision Change image and share on social
Lately I've been a workaholic. I'm in the studio all the time and I've helped to produce a couple of artists. Duncan Sheik artistcouplehave Change image and share on social
Life is too short, and the time we waste in yawning never can be regained. Stendhal liferegainshort Change image and share on social
My first break was in a Hong Kong movie that I shot in China - I was going out there and working as a western stunt man, if you like, but at the same time in England I was working in daytime soap stuff. Eventually I put the two together. Scott Adkins breakchinadaytime share on social
I try to forget about the expectation that's out there and the audience listening for the next thing so that I'm not trying to please them. I've spent a huge amount of time not communicating with those folks and denying that they exist. Chuck Palahniuk amountaudiencecommunicate share on social
For seven years I did very little theatre, and I have to make up some time. Patrick Stewart maketheatretime Change image and share on social
You could have names like Hatred; you could have names that mean something like Suffering or Poverty. So names are not just names: names have real meaning, and they tend to tell the world about the circumstances of your parents at the time that you were born. Petina Gappah bearcircumstancehatred share on social
The new millennium began with a great global dream. World leaders gathered at the United Nations in 2000 and adopted, among others, a historic goal to reduce poverty by half by 2015. Never in human history had such a bold goal been adopted by the entire world in one voice, one that specified time and size. Muhammad Yunus adoptbeginbold share on social