#mic

And I'm looking at him like, 'Oh my God. This is Michael Jackson'. I fainted, blacked out - like seriously blacked out. ↗

— Brandy Norwood

#him #i #jackson #like #looking

When I was 17, my producer Rodney Jerkins was working with Michael Jackson at the time. He knew how much I wanted to meet Michael Jackson, so he says, 'Would you like to come and meet him?' I'm like, 'Are you serious? Of course I want to meet Michael Jackson! Where do I meet you? Where do we come?' ↗

— Brandy Norwood

#course #him #how #i #jackson

Oh yeah - I watched Knife in the Water, saw the shot, and repeated it. But even if I hadn't seen that film, inevitably the camera would've ended up on top of that mast, I mean if you think of it there are only so many dynamic shots on a boat. ↗

— Phillip Noyce

#camera #dynamic #ended #even #film

At age 11 in 1960, I moved to an academic state secondary school, Harrow County Grammar School for Boys. ↗

— Paul Nurse

#age #county #grammar #grammar school #i

My parents were neither wealthy nor academic, but we lived comfortably and they were always extremely supportive of my academic efforts and aspirations, both at school and university. ↗

— Paul Nurse

#always #aspirations #both #comfortably #efforts

This possibility bothered me as I thought it was not advisable to remain in one academic environment, and the long dark winters in Edinburgh could be rather dismal. ↗

— Paul Nurse

#advisable #bothered #could #dark #dismal

I feel that for the first time in a long time, educated Pakistanis are returning to their country to start up educational projects, to start up businesses, so instead of the brain-drain that happened in the 1950s and 1960s, the country is growing and improving economically. ↗

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

#country #economically #educated #educational #feel

Michael Jackson was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It caused quite a controversy, because his nose isn't eligible for another fifteen years. ↗

— Conan O'Brien

#because #caused #controversy #eligible #fame

The majority of the members of the Irish parliament are professional politicians, in the sense that otherwise they would not be given jobs minding mice at crossroads. ↗

— Flann O'Brien

#given #irish #jobs #majority #members

In a capitalist society, persons who create capital, like Michael Eisner, are given the staggering rewards. ↗

— Carroll O'Connor

#capitalist #capitalist society #create #eisner #given