Is that right?” she murmured.

I’ve been waiting half an hour for you to wake up.” His voice was uneven and raspy. “Is that right?” she murmured.

I absorbed as many Impressionist paintings as I could, in Parisian museums and in many museums in the United States and in books, looking for clues to architecture, clothing, settings.

I travel around the world, and there are so many beautiful girls, but that's not going to make you a supermodel. You have to have something more than just a pretty face.

I came from a state where 35 percent self-identify as Tea Partiers, so I'm a bit distorted perhaps in my appreciation for the larger American population.

Sometimes educators suffer from the "I already do that" syndrome. In those cases, we feel inadequate if we admit we have a distance to go as learners of our craft.

I'd just recorded it in Mariah Carey's studio. THey thought the song was perfect for Nina, because she's so shy, so it was nice to have that connection with Nina in the song. It was special.

Failure is the mechanism of learning.

I may be controversial, but my allegiance is to people outside the Beltway.

...and he crosses the line with the ball almost mesmerically tied to his foot with a piece of string.

In the middle of a perfect tranquillity, it is an art to imagine about the nightmares of storms!

I learned a long time ago that I can't control the challenges the creator sends my way, but I can control the way I think about them and deal with them