Elizabeth Marshall Thomas Quotes
When I was very young, my nanny was a big Newfoundland dog... whose task was to keep me from drowning.Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
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The FHA literally drew up the redlining map and then basically distributed - I'm sorry, the Home Owners' Loan Corporation actually did it, and then distributed to banks who used that as policy to determine how they would lend and who they would lend to. The racism in the system was pervasive and total.
Ta-Nehisi Coates -
I can't change my bra size. They're natural! I can work out and I can stay healthy and motivated, but I can't change some things. I really just live my life. I love my body. It's what God gave me! I feel confident with myself, and if that inspires other women to feel confident with their bodies, great.
Kate Upton -
You can't be around Oprah and not have her influence you, and I don't mean that because she's doling out the free advice. I mean it because she is someone that leads with truth and follows her heart. She's a force.
Nate Berkus -
I've been a war reporter and a human rights defender. A professor and a columnist. A diplomat and - by far most thrillingly - a mother. And what I've learned from all these experiences is that any change worth making is going to be hard. Period.
Samantha Power -
The terrorists thought they would change my aims and stop my ambitions, but nothing changed in my life except this: weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage were born.
Malala Yousafzai -
Mitt Romney subscribes to the cynical logic that says the American dream belongs to some of us but not all of us.
Kamala Harris
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We are all born mad. Some remain so.
Samuel Beckett -
Music is powered by ideas. If you don't have clarity of ideas, you're just communicating sheer sound.
Yo-Yo Ma -
I always felt that anorexia was the form of breakdown most readily available to adolescent girls.
Kate Beckinsale -
Despite the demands of this job, one of the things my wife and I try to do is to spend time together alone. And one of the things we really enjoy doing together is seeing a good movie.
Warren Christopher -
Jill Clayburgh's life so closely paralleled mine, I feel as though a part of me lived a little through her and died a little with her.
Gail Sheehy -
I loved Riot Grrl. Not only was it a punk rock revolution, but it meant you could get dressed for a night out for less than two pounds!
Caitlin Moran
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I thought I was going nowhere. Now I can see there was a pattern.
Kate DiCamillo -
To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now.
Samuel Beckett -
VR is going to be defined by the content that is designed explicitly for virtual reality.
Palmer Luckey -
The first two projects I did out of my dorm room were mock film soundtracks.
Danger Mouse -
I enjoy money.
Karen Carpenter The Carpenters -
When we came out from the Elysee palace, there was a gigantic limousine waiting for us and four police on motorcycles. It is probably one of the few times I have experienced my fame. I thought it was so fantastic that I laughed to the point of shouting.
Ingmar Bergman
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Now you can get artisanal everything - pickles, coffees, house-cured meats, mustard. The pendulum has swung back to this kind of food, and it gives me the greatest hope for the future, especially because we're living in a time with issues like polluted Gulf Coast seafood and food labeled organic that may not really be organic.
Adam Richman -
Meditate nothing. Learn to contemplate. Contemplate glory. There will be a light. Contemplate Truth until it burns your eyes out.
Robert Frost -
I don't have a pet, but I dream of someday getting a pug dog whom I will name Croque Monsieur so that I may alternate between calling him Croque, Monsieur or his full name: Croque Monsieur. I'll more than likely only use his first and last name most often when he's been bad.
John Gallagher, Jr. -
I respond to authenticity and originality, and I've been a fan of Don Winslow's ever since 'The Power Of The Dog.'
Chuck Hogan -
What ever is the natural propensity of a person is hard to overcome. If a dog were made a king, he would still gnaw at his shoes laces.
Bill Vaughan -
When I was very young, my nanny was a big Newfoundland dog... whose task was to keep me from drowning.
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas