Disability in the Middle East is viewed through a different lens because you're in wartime countries where it's much more mainstream, so I was just never 'other'd.
Normal is nothing more than a cycle on a washing machine.
I love my district, the 37th Legislative District in Washington State, where I have lived for more than 20 years.
I don't have faith in young people any more. I don't waste time trying to communicate with them.
Before I had a child, I had goals. And I still have to accomplish those goals, but now that I have a child, I have more goals to accomplish. So I can't waste time.
More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution.
I wasn't a big fan of Instagram at first. I felt it was watering down the way music is perceived 'cause it made things seem more normal.
There's nothing more frustrating than seeing a conductor say, 'Play softer,' as they're waving their hands in huge gestures.
What was so good about it was that the set that they originally built stayed there, and weathered over the five years. It got five summers and five winters of weather. It became more and more authentic as we worked in it, and they added bits to it.
In my case, vertical food was less about standing things up than layering things: more an attempt to gain texture by weaving things together.
One is that that's the way we started and we thought there would be more value and less confusion if the business model was just based on delivering news that's of value to Web sites.
If you are just using the service to look at Web sites and download e-mail, then a DSL line may be cheaper. It is when you have more data going out that wireless can make a difference.
My vision is that I'm living to see two more daughters get married, dance at their weddings and then lift the Lombardi Trophy several times.
More than 72 percent of children in the African-American community are born out of wedlock. That means absent fathers.
My cat is older than many fashion models. I won't even discuss the fact that she also weighs more.
Harvey Weinstein does not personify American liberalism any more than Bill O'Reilly personifies American conservatism.
Living and performing in New York has allowed me to try my weirder and more experimental things.
Almost all institutions own a lot more art than they can ever show, much of it revealing for its timeliness, genius, or sheer weirdness.
The future of Norway isn't about competing on being the cheapest but the most innovative. We have an expensive welfare state, and the only answer to continue that way is to become more competitive, especially on knowledge.
If you are well known at something else, you get points for doing stuff which lots of other people do, and much more, and they don't get any points at all. You get over-praised, over-credited.