Dancer

🇺🇸Maya Angelou

Literature

1928–2014

"First best is falling in love. Second best is being in love. Least best is falling out of love. But any of it is better than never having been in love."

🇨🇺Anaïs Nin

Literature

1924–1940

"The poet is one who is able to keep the fresh vision of the child alive."

🇺🇸John Travolta

Literature

b. 1954

"It's hard to make a cultural phenomenon every time."

🇺🇸Katy Perry

Music

b. 1984

"This is a really important time in my life. I can't just be the girl who sang 'I Kissed a Girl.' I have to leave a legacy."

🇺🇸Christina Aguilera

Music

b. 1980

"Even when I was little, I knew I was meant to perform. I would watch specials on TV or videos of Janet or Whitney, and I would start crying because I was like 'I want that so bad'."

🇨🇦Gabrielle Roy

Literature

1909–1983

"Running anywhere, blindly, hating the echo of her footsteps in the silence of the empty streets, Florentine fled from her own fear, fled from herself."

🇺🇸Martha Graham

Education

1894–1991

"Dancing is just discovery, discovery, discovery — what it all means…"

🇺🇸Brandy Norwood

Music

b. 1979

"I think cooking completes you as a woman. … I woke up one morning and said, I can't do this to myself anymore. I didn't feel good. I was constipated all the time. … I used to live to eat. Now I eat to live."

Layal Abboud

Music

b. 1982

"In my childhood our neighbor had horses, I was letting him kiss me to let me ride the horse."

🇺🇸Psy

Music

b. 1977

"I have twins. They are 4 years old. They know the word 'concert,' so they know father's job is 'concert,' and they prefer concert father."

🇮🇳Mani Madhava Chakyar

Art

1899–1990

"“No one is like the Emperor of Abhinaya- Mani Madhava Chakyar, and there won't be any” - Prof. Maria Christopher Byrski , Department of Indology, Warsaw University, 1987"

🇺🇸Lena Horne

Social Activism

1917–2010

"Don't be afraid to feel as angry or as loving as you can, because when you feel nothing, it's just death."

🇩🇿Sofia Boutella

Entertainment

b. 1982

"I don’t believe in doing everything and being mediocre at all of them. I believe in being good at one thing."

🇨🇦Justin Bieber

Music

b. 1994

"Without the Internet I would have no fans and I wouldn’t be in this business. I owe everything to the Internet and my fans."

🇬🇧Alesha Dixon

Literature

b. 1978

"Strictly has just given me a real zest for life. Life is so short. We should all grasp it."

🇬🇧Margot Fonteyn

Literature

1919–1991

"The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self seriously. The first is imperative and the second is disastrous."

🇺🇸Amy Sherman-Palladino

Literature

b. 1966

"I grew up in the Valley, and I didn't know any of our neighbors. I think when you grow up like that, there's always sort of a fantasy of a place where everybody knew each other, and you had that safe sort of feeling."

🇮🇳Protima Bedi

1948–1998

"Now, the 48-year-old Odissi dancer -- clean-shaven, with tattooed eyebrows and clothed in the robes of a Buddhist monk -- wants to retreat to the Himalayas."

🇮🇱Tami Stronach

b. 1972

"The more wishes you make, the more magnificent Fantasia will become."

"Overview of Robert Hayden's life and poetry from XJ Kennedy and Dana Gioia's Introduction to Poetry"

🇺🇸Jack Donovan

Politics

b. 1974

"Jack Malebranche’s Androphilia: A Manifesto"

🇬🇧Ruth Davidson

Politics

b. 1978

"You have to want it , and I don’t want to be prime minister . . . I value my relationship and my mental health too much for it."

🇳🇵Manisha Koirala

Politics

b. 1970

"People appreciating my performance is good enough for me. I don't care much for awards and have never given it much thought. And anyway, I can't play the games people play to win awards."

"Kids listen to kids. If you have a platform, why not use it to speak about things that can help other people?"

🇺🇸Mikhail Baryshnikov

Entertainment

b. 1948

"The more injuries you get, the smarter you get."

🇺🇸Daniel Tosh

Entertainment

b. 1975

"You ever hear girls say that? "I'm not religious, but I'm spiritual." I like to reply with "I'm not honest, but you're interesting!"

🇺🇸Tracey Ullman

Entertainment

b. 1959

"Every character I do is based on someone I know. I try to justify every sketch we do. If it's not working, we find someone to talk to who it has happened to."

🇺🇸Adah Isaacs Menken

Entertainment

1835–1868

"I was born in Judaism, and have adhered to it through all my erratic career. Through that pure and simple religion I have found greatest comfort and blessing."

🇲🇽Bala

Entertainment

b. 2004

"Bala is unique in many ways. The way he changed Tamil cinema's character was commendable. Awards are not just reflections on the cinematic qualities but also the ability to change other filmmakers."

🇫🇷Juliette Binoche

Entertainment

b. 1964

"I try to see my films just once. It's like a dream you've been through when it's been intense, and you just have to go through it once more just to make sure you've had it."

🇺🇸Corbin Bleu

Music

b. 1989

"If I'm in a bad mood, my thing is I go clean! That's what relaxes me! I go and clean everything."

🇮🇹Alessandra Martines

Entertainment

b. 1963

"I am overjoyed, but I repeat: it is not my country which awards me. In Italy, those who make a name for themselves in other countries are ignored."

🇺🇸Christopher Walken

Entertainment

b. 1943

"I believe in saving money. I believe in having a house. I believe in keeping things clean. I believe in exercising. Slow and steady is a very good thing for me. It works for me."

🇺🇸Cyia Batten

Entertainment

b. 1972

"Like I said, the Star Trek fans are the most loyal and lovely there are. It's a pleasure to be able to see their joy and to shake their hands or give them a hug of gratitude for their support."