Read quote“And I never knew about my potential until 1952, when I was seventeen, I think. Then I went into athletics.”
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Read quote“Artificial intelligence is transforming how we live.”
Read quote“We all formed a gang. We were friends and saw each other's films enthusiastically.”
Read quote“Simplemente llámenme Agustín.”
Read quote“They wanted us to be afraid of the tanks, of the guns, and instead we don’t fear them at all.”
Read quote“Censorship makes sense only in a world from which God has been banished.”
Read quote“Unfortunately, apartheid has not gone, apartheid has simply reinforced itself in a different form today, and so Independent Media for me, was an important vehicle to continue to tell the story.”
Read quote“Tidak ada orang yang bisa melarang saya untuk menulis.”
Read quote“We can’t go home. Even if we could, our home may no longer exist.”
Read quote“Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.”
Read quote“Strike me lucky!”
Read quote“Art is like that—it absorbs your whole life and being.”
Read quote“You must treat your employees as family. Pay them a good salary [and] give them benefits.”
Read quote“J'ai toujours dit que c'est pas moi qui ait choisi La Mort à Venise, c'est La Mort à Venise qui m'a choisi.”
Read quote“I believe the next Google can be developed in the Caribbean.”
Read quote“We must undertake the review of our constitution in such a way that it would reflect and emphasize the fact that ours is an autonomous church in Nigeria.”
Read quote“We become what we think about.”
Read quote“It’s therefore the media’s responsibility to make sure that coverage of this issue does not end.”
Read quote“I am thankful to The University of the West Indies that it has seen it fit to recognise the work I have put in over the past 50 years.”
Read quote“« Le théâtre n’est pas seulement une discipline artistique dans une tour d’ivoire. Bien au contraire, c’est un contact direct avec le spectateur. »”