For nearly as long as civilization has existed, patriarchy - enforced through the rights of the firstborn son - has been the organizing principle, with few exceptions.
I actually got dared to audition for the dance team. All my track-and-field buddies dared me to audition, and I was one of the few guys who did it.
The element of chance in basic research is overrated. Chance is a lady who smiles only upon those few who know how to make her smile.
I'm not somebody who is going to build something for a few years, sell it, and then go off and just have fun.
Few new truths have ever won their way against the resistance of established ideas save by being overstated.
When the Chinese first came to San Francisco, they were actually welcomed by the mayor and they had special ceremonies for them-again this is when their colony was very small, only a few Chinese.
Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them.
Every few years I'll party way too much to remind myself what an idiot I am.
Storytellers seldom let facts get in the way of perpetuating a legend, although a few facts add seasoning and make the legend more believable.
When I was younger, I was one of the few girls in the neighborhood who could break dance. That's kind of my local, ghetto-celebrity claim to fame.
When you're an actress, there are only a few times you can really get paid. One of them is doing a sequel. They can't fake you or hire another actor to play you.
Thank heaven, though, one of the few mistakes I haven't made is to talk about the unwritten book.
If I don't feel like writing today or for a few days, I don't. And I don't think about it. It is not an obligation-it is the greatest privilege.
Let me live my life in my way, those few days I am existing in this milky way.
I didn't have that many friends my first few years of high school. It was very cliquey and I'm super shy, so it was hard to make friends.
During the first few minutes of your presentation, your job is to assure the audience members that you are not going to waste their time and attention.
I was always the biggest nerd in school: I had very few friends; I was always picked on; I used to wear really big glasses. I was the epitome of a nerd.
People are always asking me in interviews, 'What do you think of foreign affairs?' I just say, 'I've had a few.'
I don't know John Riggins. I mean, I've met him a few times, and I had dinner with him once.
I've played a baseball player a few times, but in my career I've been blessed to have played a wide range of characters.
I wouldn't say I'm a political junkie. I follow it. I read a few articles every day.
