I started 'Society's Child' on a bus in East Orange as I was going home from school. I saw a black and white couple sitting there and started thinking about it.


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The coming together of like-minded individuals through action is what's needed to see wide sprea...
IAN SOMERHALDER
I don't know how to do anything else other than be an actor. If I wasn't in this, I would be...
IAN SOMERHALDER
Kids are meeting in coffee shops and basements figuring out what's unsustainable in their commun...
IAN SOMERHALDER
They say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. It's the same way with women... or...
IAN SOMERHALDER
Oceans are one of the most important things in the world now and that is a national security threat ...
IAN SOMERHALDER
I can't let time move on without fighting tooth and nail and hopefully being a part of a revolut...
IAN SOMERHALDER
Every love story needs a catalyst of some sort.
IAN SOMERHALDER
I don't care how hot a girl is - if she doesn't like animals, it would be a major, major pro...
IAN SOMERHALDER
I've sorta learned that I'm so tired of taking myself so seriously. It's so great to sho...
IAN SOMERHALDER
A lot of things that happen in the world make me a bit crazy.
IAN SOMERHALDER
You can't get anywhere without the people who have come into your life.
IAN SOMERHALDER
There are always decades that interest people. For me, that's the Roaring Twenties.
IAN SOMERHALDER
I always try to be reasonable and effective.
IAN SMITH
Every human being makes mistakes.
IAN SMITH
Declaring independence was the most traumatic decision I had to live up to. Because I didn't wan...
IAN SMITH
Freedom. And Justice. If you have those two, it covers everything. You must stick to those principle...
IAN SMITH
Status based on wealth is an old-fashioned idea; I find it repugnant, actually.
IAN SCHRAGER
My best vacation was renting a boat and motoring along the Adriatic, going along the Croatian coast,...
IAN SCHRAGER
I have to be more universal than my projects, but no less innovative.
IAN SCHRAGER
The trimmings of wealth are not as important to me and my generation as they were to my parents'...
IAN SCHRAGER
I consider myself fortunate to have grown up in Brooklyn. It's what gave me my drive to succeed,...
IAN SCHRAGER
Great ideas have no attachment to either money or class.
IAN SCHRAGER
I'm not into nostalgia, and I only look back to find lessons.
IAN SCHRAGER
Good design is good business.
IAN SCHRAGER
People say you should go out at the top but I was enjoying my football so much. Robbie Fowler's ...
IAN RUSH
I like the Stereophonics. I know the lead singer, Kelly Jones, and there's the Welsh connection.
IAN RUSH
I just wanted to play as long as I could. When you stop playing, you're not going to get it back...
IAN RUSH
I think great players can play in any year, that's why they're great. A lot of it is down to...
IAN RUSH
I've done my coaching badges, I've got my Pro Licence, but I enjoy what I'm doing now. I...
IAN RUSH
The only thing I can cook is Welsh rarebit.
IAN RUSH
There are a lot of famous comedians from Liverpool, then obviously the Beatles, and the football clu...
IAN RUSH
This is why cup finals are so special because on the day anyone can beat anyone. That's what it&...
IAN RUSH
I was so shy when I was younger. When I first went to Liverpool I didn't say a word for a year.
IAN RUSH
You can enjoy yourself, but you need to look after yourself as well.
IAN RUSH
It's different from Liverpool. Boston seems to be a friendly place.
IAN RUSH
I love horse racing, I play golf, and I love travelling.
IAN RUSH
Mainly it's the parents who remember me. But the kids today, what they do is go and Google you. ...
IAN RUSH
Moving from Wales to Italy is like moving to a different country.
IAN RUSH
I've got a place in Portugal, which I like very much, but I've just been working in Malaysia...
IAN RUSH
I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country.
IAN RUSH
In India, kids need someone to look up to. They've got it in cricket: they have Tendulkar and ot...
IAN RUSH
You've got to have a dream... if you don't have any big dreams, nothing happens.
IAN RUSH
I don't have many friends. It's not because I'm a misanthrope. It's because I'm ...
IAN RANKIN
A lot of writers, especially crime writers, have an image that we think we're trying to keep up ...
IAN RANKIN
Right from the very beginning, I knew I wanted to write palpably Scottish fiction.
IAN RANKIN
No matter how many awards you've won or how many sales you've got, come the next book it'...
IAN RANKIN