#had

I find I have to walk a little faster in public these days, but it's very easy to remember when nobody had any idea who I was. ↗

— John Lithgow

#days #easy #faster #find #had

I really believe that's one of the many reasons that God had put me right in the middle of the Backstreet Boys. There are so many stars today that don't realize the impact they have on young people. Being a superstar is great, as long as you can be a positive role model. ↗

— Brian Littrell

#being #believe #god #great #had

If half-black Barack Obama had decided years ago to call himself white - which his genes certainly entitled him to do - his story would have carried very different meaning. If millions of part-black people had followed him into whiteness, then the N.A.A.C.P. would be in true crisis. ↗

— Eric Liu

#barack #barack obama #call #carried #certainly

After watching my first World Series in 1977, I wanted to be Reggie Jackson. I bought a big Reggie poster. I ate Reggie candy bars. I entered a phase during which I insisted on having the same style of glasses Reggie had: gold wire frames with the double bar across. ↗

— Eric Liu

#after #ate #bar #bars #big

I had heard so much negative talk about our generation, that we're slackers and young fogies, that I knew wasn't true of the people I know. ↗

— Eric Liu

#generation #had #heard #i #knew

Why does an iPhone cost only a couple hundred dollars? Because, as the stage performer Mike Daisey depicted in an arresting one-man show called 'The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs,' Apple's shiniest products are made by a shadowy company in China called Foxconn. ↗

— Eric Liu

#apple #arresting #because #called #china

Men, when they fight in movies, it's a very different style. Harrison Ford was so cool when he had the whip, and Bruce Lee was such an artist that you couldn't take your eyes off of him. ↗

— Lucy Liu

#bruce #bruce lee #cool #different #eyes

I had a lot of friends in high school, but I was never the wild party girl. Never have been, never plan to be! ↗

— Blake Lively

#friends #girl #had #high #high school

I didn't have a boyfriend until I was 17. There were boys at school that I would find out later had a crush on me but I was too shy to talk to them. ↗

— Blake Lively

#crush #find #had #i #later

It was a combination of an intense interest in children's literature, which I've always had, and the feeling that I'd just have a go and see if I could do it. ↗

— Penelope Lively

#children #combination #could #feeling #go