When I was in my teens, I was very, very keen on being the author of a book. What the book was was secondary. I wanted it to be in hardback. I didn’t care how thick or thin it was, and I didn’t actually care what it was about. – Tom Stoppard
Do more than you are being paid to do, and you’ll eventually be paid more for what you do. – Zig Ziglar
Yes, translation is by definition an inadequate substitute for being able to read a masterpiece in the original. – Terry Teachout
Being political is an integral part of being Iranian. Our lives are defined by politics. – Shirin Neshat
When Obama dispenses with that dread sobriquet ‘professorial,’ he does it by being, well, more professorial. – Tina Brown
