From the year of his birth in 1914 until the outbreak of war in 1941, my father lived in a mostly white, mostly working-class, mostly Irish Catholic neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. – Tim O’Brien
One place I haven’t made it to – mainly because it’s so far away – is Australia, so I’d love to go there. I’ve heard great things about Australia and New Zealand. – Stephen Pagliuca
So we’re considering doing a new Christmas album, because there’s been Christmas episodes since then, and maybe finally do the version of ‘The Most Offensive Song Ever’ with lyrics intact. – Trey Parker
One can make the case that the New York venture capital industry is rooted in the 21st century, not the 20th. – Steve Blank
My story is the story of many postwar British families. Upward mobility. A council house and then new affluence. – Sarah Waters
What mattered about Alan Kurdi’s photograph was that it made Canadians very angry, and the Conservatives, Liberals and New Democrats ended up competing with each other over which party was offering the most generous refugee policy. – Terry Glavin
Among the New Hollanders whom we were thus engaged with, there was one who by his appearance and carriage, as well in the morning as this afternoon, seemed to be the chief of them, and a kind of prince or captain among them. – William Dampier
Not a lot of individuals get to refer to the Lord in their prayers as ‘Dude’, but he’s doing a new thing with me. – Stephen Baldwin
IPS cells can become a powerful tool to develop new drugs to cure intractable diseases because they can be made from patients’ somatic cells. – Shinya Yamanaka
In New York, we get down. In L.A., everybody’s pretty much standing around like they’re at a keg stand. You got to get the party started, so I just take my shirt off. – Tracy Morgan
Our new world rests on order. The danger is disorder. And in today’s world, it can now spread like contagion. – Tony Blair
Mark Twain created a new type of literature and not a lot of people can say that. Not a lot of people can say they’re absolutely original and completely self-made. – Val Kilmer
One area in which we can be certain mass immigration has an effect is housing. More than one third of all new housing demand in Britain is caused by immigration. And there is evidence that without the demand caused by mass immigration, house prices could be 10% lower over a 20-year period. – Theresa May
Sidney Poitier became a star in part by helping black and white Americans negotiate their new relationship in the post-Civil Rights era. – Wesley Morris
Unfortunately, some judges evidently do not regard a debate in Parliament on new immigration rules, followed by the unanimous adoption of those rules, as evidence that Parliament actually wants to see those new rules implemented. – Theresa May
I got my heel stuck in a drain as I was crossing the street and cars were coming. It was really scary. A girl in heels in New York is a hard combination. – Sasha Pieterse
If I was going to pretend to be the supermom next door, it would’ve been counterfeit and a lie. I figured I had to write something out of a new place. – Sandra Tsing Loh
The Eurasian union is a project meant to preserve the identities of nations and the historic Eurasian community in the new century, in a new world. – Vladimir Putin
That’s how I taught myself how to draw – tracing the ads and petting new clothes on the models. – Stephen Sprouse
I would make the movie industry more like the television industry. TV is more material driven. In TV, you can break new stars. TV can take more chances. – Stephen Chbosky
Prince used to call me up 3am in the morning and invite me to hear some of his new songs. – Sheena Easton
