Kenya Barris Quotes
My kids did not know that Obama was the first black president. I felt like I needed to tell them because I felt like, 'How could you not know that?' But for the ones who didn't know, he was basically the only president they knew.Kenya Barris
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I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -
I like to play poker. I have a nice poker group that's been going on for years.
Francine Pascal -
For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.
Manuel Puig -
Home to me is the world because my books have been translated into more than 30 languages.
Nawal El Saadawi -
Whenever I see the news, it's always the same depressing things.
Kate Bush -
I don't think people really understood what I did. And you know, in my book, 'A Helluva High Note' deals with my back story, that I was a songwriter, that I spent years trying to hone my craft and being rejected and then finally becoming a successful songwriter, record executive and publisher.
Kara DioGuardi
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What's become a big theme in my music is my dad as a narrative character. I never had the opportunity to understand our relationship in a more adult capacity. The unknown is great material for any creative outlet.
K. Flay -
Just as we might take Darwin as an example of the normal extraverted thinking type, the normal introverted thinking type could be represented by Kant. The one speaks with facts, the other relies on the subjective factor. Darwin ranges over the wide field of objective reality, Kant restricts himself to a critique of knowledge.
Carl Jung -
Everyone should learn to tango in Argentina before they die.
Ian McKeever -
That means following a very restrictive fiscal and monetary policy which will squeeze the monopolies and cut their subsidies. On the micro level we will allow other economic agents, both domestic and foreign, to compete with them.
Vaclav Klaus -
The man who has no money is poor, but one who has nothing but money is poorer. He only is rich who can enjoy without owning; he is poor who though he has millions is covetous.
Orison Swett Marden -
The nation is faced with one of the most corporate-orientated anti-consumer Congresses in our history.
Ralph Nader
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In 1998, I founded the American Center for Law and Justice, probably the premier public interest law firm in America defending the rights of believers.
Pat Robertson -
My wife never throws anything at me that I can't handle.
Taye Diggs -
No characters in 'Stay Close,' including the leads, are black and white. I want them to be grey. I think that makes for a much more interesting reading experience, something that will stay with you a little bit longer.
Harlan Coben -
You have to love your body, respect it, and treat it well.
Irina Shayk -
Native trees are so important to our ecosystem.
Felix Dennis -
If you look up the definition of news in the dictionary, it isn't what you watch on TV.
Val Kilmer
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All I can do is leave it in God's hands and hope that my fans feel where I'm coming from.
Aaliyah -
Do I think well of myself, think myself a nice chap? WEll, I am afraid I sometimes do (and those are, no doubt, my worst moments).
C. S. Lewis -
I am not an expert on Chinese science fiction. I probably know more than anyone else in the West, but that doesn't actually mean I am an expert.
Ken Liu -
I've always thought 'Southern Accents' would make an amazing country song. It's always spoken to me. I've always loved it. Every time I hear that song, it reminds me of my dad.
Charles Kelley Lady Antebellum -
I feel connected to God when I'm out there performing.
Max Aaron -
My kids did not know that Obama was the first black president. I felt like I needed to tell them because I felt like, 'How could you not know that?' But for the ones who didn't know, he was basically the only president they knew.
Kenya Barris