"I feel like I kind of got my own lane, but I think if you mix T.I., Andre3000, Hov and Kanye you kinda get who I am. And I'm a huge fan of all of those artists, I grew up on a little bit of all them."

“I'd never really found a place in the outside world, but had stayed away too long to fit in at home.”

Source : Chris Offutt (2003). “The Same River Twice: A Memoir”, p.177, Simon and Schuster

“I feel like a centrist, an issue-specific person. I'm pretty conservative fiscally and pretty liberal on social issues.”

Source : "Interrogating the Creators of 'Homeland'". Interview with Hamed Aleaziz, www.motherjones.com. November 4, 2011.

“New York is a place that can grind you down and spit you out. A true New Yorker doesn't get ground down, he gets polished.”

“Laypeople are a kind of nuclear energy in the Church on a spiritual level. A layperson caught up with the gospel and living next to other people can "contaminate" two others, and these two, four others, etc. Since lay Christians number not only tens of thousands like the clergy but hundreds of millions, they can truly play a decisive role in spreading the beneficial light of the gospel in the world.”

“I don't know what happened. I just exploded. I'd never sung like that before. I used to stand still and sing simple, but you can't sing like that in front of a rock band. You have to sing loud and move wild with all that in back of you. Now, I don't know how to perform any other way.”

“Everywhere you go, you see women more beautiful than yourself. You imagine him being attracted to them. You're drinking gasoline to stay warm.”

Source : Melissa Bank (2000). “The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing”, p.145, Penguin

“When I pair food and wine, I start with the food. If I have a beautiful roasted bird, I might choose a Cabernet or Pinot Noir, or maybe a Syrah, depending on the sauce and what is in my cellar.”

“The number one goal of teachers should be to help students learn how to learn.”