Akissa Mendez Quotes & Sayings

I am drawn to roles that are strong, intelligent, and a little edgy. With Complications, I navigate my character Samantha Ellison through some really emotionally challenging times. — Beth Riesgraf

The U.S. has a long history of walking up to the precipice of rigor and then walking away. As voters, let's support leaders who were courageous enough to make the hard decisions necessary to move our system forward. And as parents, let's put our faith in our educators, our children and tests that hold them to their highest potential. — Wendy Kopp

According to Okonkwo, the British via its indirect rule system ensured that Africans saw their native leaders as the demons who betrayed their people. He called it a demonocracy and that was the first time I had seen him become so passionate about issues that affect Africa as a people and continent. — S.A. David

In the industrial nations, there's a sense that Africa would go under without development aid. But believe me, Africa existed before you Europeans came along. And we didn't do all that poorly either. — James Shikwati

Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water. — W.C. Fields

Strange, isn't it?" he asks.
"Where life takes you and
how much can change. — Emma Cameron

In the indications of female poverty there can be no disguise. No woman dresses below herself from caprice. — Charles Lamb

We've been a band for 16 years. This is what you dream about. — Billie Joe Armstrong

The still small voice of gratitude. — Thomas Gray

Make a list of all the varieties of aliens you can come up with. (And if it's less than 3,000, then THE PEARS ARE LAUGHING AT YOU, MY FRIEND.) -Scott Westerfeld from NaNoWriMo Pep Talk. — Scott Westerfeld

The reality is the cap-and-trade legislation offered by the Democrats amounts to an economic declaration of war on the Midwest by liberals on Capitol Hill. — Mike Pence

We are not going through an "economy crisis"; we are going through a "spiritual transition". On a deeper level, the collective conscious of humanity is awakening. — Christopher Dines

The creative core of New York has never been native New Yorkers; it's people from all over the world. — Steve Earle