Nicholas Sparks (1965) American writer and novelist
Amanda Collier Ridley, Chapter 11, p. 171
2009, The Best of Me (2011)
Asked about maintaining her image http://www.timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/I-am-a-girl-next-door-Shreya-Ghoshal/articleshow/9455640.cms
Nicholas Sparks (1965) American writer and novelist
Amanda Collier Ridley, Chapter 11, p. 171
2009, The Best of Me (2011)
Joe Biden (1942) 47th Vice President of the United States (in office from 2009 to 2017)
Criticizing Mitt Romney and the Republican Party, campaign speech http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/05/joe-biden-lays-into-romney-gop-they-dont-get-who-we-are/ in Youngstown, Ohio (May 16, 2012) <br class="br">2010s
Shreya Ghoshal (1984) Indian playback singer
Judges on reality shows http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-tv-interview-with-shreya-ghosal/20110601.htm
Ben Carson (1951) 17th and current United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; American neurosurgeon
Source: Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (1990), p. 16
Ronda Rousey (1987) American judoka, mixed martial artist, professional wrestler and actress
"MMAPlayground Interview Series - Vol. 13 ("Rowdy" Ronda Rousey)", in MMAPlayground.com (8 November 2011) http://www.mmaplayground.com/forums/topic49792-1.html
“Once, I was my mother's daughter. Now I am my daughter's mother.”
Lisa Gardner (1956) American author
“What I am and what I know I owe to my father’s library and to my mother’s salon.”
Nicolaus Sombart (1923–2008) German sociologist
Original : Was ich bin und weiß, verdanke ich der Bibliothek meines Vaters und dem Salon meiner Mutter.
Source: Jugend in Berlin. München: Hanser Verlag, 1984. p. 57
Katy Perry (1984) American singer, songwriter and actress
I Kissed a Girl, written by Katy Perry, Lukasz Gottwald, Max Martin, and Cathy Dennis
Song lyrics, One of the Boys (2008)
“I am not fighting a hopeless fight. People who have fought in real fights don't, as a rule.”
G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) English mystery novelist and Christian apologist
Patrick Dalroy in The Flying Inn (1914), p 295