"When gangs took over the [abandoned public land in Philadelphia] and the neighborhood took a turn for the worse, horses became a way of saving lives. By getting boys interested in raising a horse rath..."
- G. Neri
"We tend to hear much more about the splendors returned than the ships that brought them or the shipwrights. It has always been that way. Even those history books enamored of the voyages of Christopher..."
- Carl Sagan
"Life sometimes confuses us by making us discover in someone we hate a quality or qualities we love."
- Mokokoma Mokhonoana
"An exceptional Sensei has traits such as patience and integrity. Otherwise, natural fighting ability, cruelty and aggressive behavior may be observed in most animal predators."
- Soke Behzad Ahmadi
"I think the best role models for women are people who are fruitfully and confidently themselves, who bring light into the world."
- Meryl Streep
"If you must walk in someone's shadow make sure it's your own"
- Rasheed Ogunlaru
"The absence of models, in literature as in life, to say nothing of painting, is an occupational hazard for the artist, simply because models in art, in behavior, in growth of spirit and intellect--eve..."
- Alice Walker
"Keep those that influence you for the better close and never give them a reason to keep you far away."
- Shannon L. Alder
"I’m not holding myself out as a model, but I do believe that we in America can ask more of children than we typically do, and they will not only respond to the challenge, but thrive."
- Amy Chua
"Even though we don't admit it, every single one of us aspires to be like somebody, whether they live in the world today, within the bard's lyrics, or on the pages in the Library"
- Evan Meekins