I am desperate for change – now – not in 8 years or 12 years, but right now. – Michelle Obama
I never cut class. I loved getting As, I liked being smart. I liked being on time. I thought being smart is cooler than anything in the world. – Michelle Obama
And I come here as a daughter, raised on the South Side of Chicago – by a father who was a blue-collar city worker and a mother who stayed at home with my brother and me. – Michelle Obama
It wasnt so long ago that I was a working mom myself. And I know that sometimes, much as we all hate to admit it, its just easier to park the kids in front of the TV for a few hours, so we can pay the bills or do the laundry or just have some peace and quiet for a change. – Michelle Obama
I was born left-handed, but I was made to use my other hand. When I was writing Famished Road, which was very long, I got repetitive stress syndrome. My right wrist collapsed, so I started using my left hand. The prose I wrote with my left hand came out denser, so later on I had to change it. – Ben Okri
Id be happy to be taken as a woman – and thats what I was initially trying to do when I started throwing on dresses and stuff. But that wasnt going to happen because everyone kept calling me sir. So I thought Id change the method and just start wearing what I wanted to wear. – Eddie Izzard
Its coming home to roost over the next 50 years or so. Its not just climate change its sheer space, places to grow food for this enormous horde. Either we limit our population growth or the natural world will do it for us, and the natural world is doing it for us right now. – David Attenborough