Rachel Shenton Quotes
We value 'stuff' quite highly. Why? Because that 'stuff' apparently matters. Not only that, we use it as a measure of how successful we are, and as a result of that, having more of this 'stuff' often determines how people treat us.Rachel Shenton
Quotes to Explore
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What other grown-up gets told how to do their job so often as a writer?
Rachel Cusk -
Nothing else matters except that I have fun, and I'm still having fun.
Quvenzhane Wallis -
Appropriate assessments are a crucial part of effectively educating students. But they only measure a narrow segment of what kids need to learn.
Randi Weingarten -
What appears in newspapers is often new but seldom true.
Patrick Kavanagh -
When all else fails, complicate matters.
Aaron Allston -
In New York, you can just wake up and everything sorts itself out. I love that, not having a plan.
Kate Mara
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Variety improves the things that we do too often, but it rules the things that we don't do often enough.
Daniel Gilbert -
Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.
Oscar Wilde -
The Russians often took advantage of Lend-Lease.
W. Averell Harriman -
If you take the cameras out of the courtroom, then you hide a certain measure of truth from the public.
Lance Ito -
Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
Sallust -
I'm usually very attracted to things that I can't define. If something's too clear, it's very often not inspiring to me anymore.
Raf Simons
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The third umpires should be changed as often as nappies and for the same reason.
Navjot Singh Sidhu -
Local markets for literary fiction remain underdeveloped; the metropolis often holds out the only real possibility of a professional writing career.
Pankaj Mishra -
Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so.
Galileo Galilei -
I often get too emotionally involved in my cases.
Nancy Grace -
We often operate effectively on the physical battleground but not on the psychological battleground. We fail to communicate our resolve.
H. R. McMaster -
At PETA, we often say that the issue of how animals are treated isn't just about them; it's about us, how we behave.
Ingrid Newkirk
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Truth, in the matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived.
Oscar Wilde -
Theater will cast in a more open way; Denzel Washington might play Richard III. Television and film don't really cast openly like that. The theater world has always been a leader in diversity.
Mahershala Ali -
I knew I had more in me than just standing up and having my picture taken... Being in the studio, I have to have an opinion.
Karen Elson -
There are some people who will tell you oil is the greatest thing that ever happened to Nigeria. And there are other people who will tell you it's the worst thing that ever happened.
Uzodinma Iweala -
We value 'stuff' quite highly. Why? Because that 'stuff' apparently matters. Not only that, we use it as a measure of how successful we are, and as a result of that, having more of this 'stuff' often determines how people treat us.
Rachel Shenton