Temple Grandin (1947) USA-american doctor of animal science, author, and autism activist
Source: Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism
Twenty-One Things You Don't Know About Me
Context: My favorite word is "redemption." I like both its meaning and the sound. My least favorite word is "maybe." "Maybe" is almost always a "no" drawn out in cruel fashion.
Temple Grandin (1947) USA-american doctor of animal science, author, and autism activist
Source: Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism
“Redemption's just a word and as I'm not a Christian it means nothing to me.”
Susan Howatch book The Wheel of Fortune
The Wheel of Fortune (1984), Part 6: Hal
“Through the sounding of the Word and through reflection upon its meaning, the Way is found.”
Patañjali (-200–-150 BC) ancient Indian scholar(s) of grammar and linguistics, of yoga, of medical treatises
The Light of the Soul: Its Science and Effect : a paraphrase of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, with commentary by Alice A. Bailey, (1927)
“My favorite word? It’s 'act.”
Ai Weiwei (1957) Chinese concept artist
Karen Smith et al. Ai Weiwei (Contemporary Artists (Phaidon), London: Phaidon Press, 2009.
2000-09, 2009
Michael Chabon (1963) Novelist, short story writer, essayist
Introduction to McSweeney's Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories (2004)
Pedro Pietri (1944–2004) Puerto Rican writer
On starting off in poetry (as quoted in the book “Race and the Modern Artist” https://books.google.com/books?id=4XY8DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA208&lpg=PA208&dq)
“My two favorite dishes. I never get enough. Of course, both must be the best.”
Jascha Heifetz (1901–1987) Lithuanian violinist
On seeing a buffet table with only two dishes, enormous bowls of caviar, and platters of hot dogs. <br class="br"> National Review, Jan 22, 1988 by Schuyler Chapin http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_n1_v40/ai_6284435/
“You are in my silences like a poet in search of words, like a sound in time with my heart.”
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: Sei nei miei silenzi come un poeta in cerca di parole, come un suono a tempo col mio cuore.
Source: prevale.net