Chiwetel Ejiofor Quotes
From deep in the slave hut is somebody calling over 150 years to all of our experiences and all of our ideas on human respect, and all of our ideas on dignity. And I felt like that's just incredibly powerful.Chiwetel Ejiofor
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It's for scientists to lay out the data and lay out what they think, and then it's for the public to make up its own mind. We don't live in a priesthood where some small group imposes its views on other people - that's not the way that science works, and it's not the way a democratic society should work.
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan -
The phrase 'mad as a hatter' was coined because hat makers were poisoned by the high levels of mercury used in felt processing; these workers developed a strange, uneven gait as well as strange alterations in their personalities - traits that resembled mental instability.
Frances Beinecke -
Though teenagers are generally very interested in sports, they must realise that education is the most important thing in their lives. They must find the right balance.
Kapil Dev -
I could go out to five parties a day if I wanted to. I don't. I have attachments to my wife and kids - and about 20 pieces of art.
Aby Rosen -
I kind of wanna be pro basketball, pro skateboarder.
Jackson Brundage -
I have my dad's shape. No booty.
Queen Latifah
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I've never met anybody who says they don't like the World Cup. If you're a soccer fan or not, everybody loves watching it, and I think it could be the same for other sports.
Landon Donovan -
When I first decided to launch a clothing line, I was pregnant with my daughter Spencer-Margaret, so I looked for a retailer with values that mirrored my own growing family concerns. Kmart is a family store where value-conscious moms shop, so my partnership with Kmart seemed like a natural fit.
Jaclyn Smith -
When I was a teenager, the number one book I was most obsessed with was 'Gone with the Wind.'
Rachel Cohn -
I believe that a man can only be useful to his country when he can look at it clearly.
Adam Michnik -
'Idol' was groundbreaking television. I am very fortunate to have won the show at the time. 'Idol' changed my life, and I am thankful.
Taylor Hicks -
It's unfortunate biologically we have to sleep.
Aaron Levie
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If ever you wish to meet intellectual frauds in quantity, go to Paris.
V. S. Naipaul -
I think everyone's a little afraid of being part of a trend, because you get compared to each other. Writers tend to have a lot of camaraderie, and when you're constantly compared to someone else, it kind of damages that camaraderie, but I think this is a great trend. I'm honored to be a part of it in many ways.
Veronica Roth -
Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.
Karl Popper -
Politicians love power. I love freedom. That is why I am not a politician.
Victor Pinchuk -
I've been into every doo-wop there is. I think I went to the university of doo-wop-ology.
Aaron Neville -
I eat next to nothing.
Karl Lagerfeld
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I've just tried to be a responsible person and pay my bills. But whatever it is I do, I want to do the best I can.
Phyllis Smith -
We cannot let our respect for the FBI blind us from the fact the FBI has sometimes come up short of our expectations.
Orrin Hatch -
You do sequels because they are tent poles. They open well, and they hold the tent up. But in between, you make a movie you respect.
Dawn Steel -
There is no sound more powerful than the marching feet of a determined people.
Martin Luther King, Jr. -
When self-important people and powerful institutions are governed by illusion, history has a way of biting back.
William Greider -
From deep in the slave hut is somebody calling over 150 years to all of our experiences and all of our ideas on human respect, and all of our ideas on dignity. And I felt like that's just incredibly powerful.
Chiwetel Ejiofor