Succes Quest

"I love “The Autobiography of Malcolm X.” That was like the only black book we read in high school..."

– Junot Diaz

"Anyone who has experienced a certain amount of loss in their life has empathy for those who have experienced loss."

– Anderson Cooper

"My daughter has always had a strong sense of her own identity. From the day she was born her father and I were in love with and in awe of her and still are."

– Jenny Eclair

"Each of us should think of the future. Every puff on a cigarette is another tick closer to a time bomb of terrible consequences. Christopher Hitchens didn't care about the consequences of smoking ci******es. Tragically, he died of throat cancer in December 2011."

– Ray Comfort

"Chicago is an October sort of city even in spring."

– Nelson Algren

"I'm trying to cut down a little on eating, on sodium, keep my blood pressure down, which is tough. Because I love food! I do, but it's unfair how everything that's bad for you tastes so good, and all the good stuff, veggies and green things, doesn't match up."

– Ice Cube

"The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness."

– Fyodor Dostoevsky

"We owe it to our children to equip them with all the capabilities they'll need to thrive in the limitless world beyond the classrooms."

– Naveen Jain

"There may be people who have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do - and I believe that."

– Derek Jeter

"Heart is what drives us and determines our fate. That is what I need for my characters in my books: a passionate heart. I need mavericks, dissidents, adventurers, outsiders and rebels, who ask questions, bend the rules and take risks."

– Isabel Allende

"My first crush was Spock. I thought it didn't get any better than Spock."

– Selma Blair

"I divide my time between Columbia, Maryland, and Lagos, Nigeria."

– Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie