Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Quotes
Ethnicity should enrich us; it should make us a unique people in our diversity and not be used to divide us.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm not into things that feel like a sequel. There's just something magical about when something happens for the first time.
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Understated jewellery is not for me. It's too itsy-bitsy. My husband is lucky, as I've never had a yen for real jewels.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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I grew up playing basketball and baseball. I've always been active because my dad played professional football, so sports and working out have always been a part of my life.
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I do believe that the coal industry sees the cultural shift toward cleaner energy and global warming solutions as a threat to their interests.
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It was hard at school because, growing up, some people wanted to be friends with me just because they wanted to get to my dad and say that they had met him and had gone to our house. I didn't understand it at the time, but the older I got and the more aware of it I became, it started becoming hard.
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World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
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I went to an all-girls Catholic high school. The three things that they focused on were reading, writing, and arithmetic. My goodness, this is a novel idea in this modern society. I was really good at all three of these things. I was particularly good at math.
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Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further development.
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You don't have to hit anybody on the head to be sexy.
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There are still traces of discrimination against race and gender, but it's a lot different than when I started out. It just comes quietly, slowly, sometimes so quietly that you don't realize it until you start looking back.
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The importance of satire is bringing more people to the table. There are a lot of average citizens who aren't interested in politics and would be more interested if it's brought to them in a comedic, funny, satirical way.
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I want love, because love is the best feeling in the whole world.
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As someone who works from home, my top style tip is to make sure you get dressed in the morning.
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I'm ready for a different America.
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The chemistry that you get from living with your band and creating music and recording with your band translates to the stage.
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I knew I wanted considerable education so that I wouldn't have to work as hard as my parents.
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I find that the time that goes by is actually your best friend when you are making a record. The passing of time gives you perspective on what you recorded and what you wrote. If something sounds good to you 12 months after you recorded it then chances are pretty good that there's something valuable about the part or the song.
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It's nice when people approach you to help.
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It wasn't until I was 35 or 36, when I wrote 'Danny and the Deep Blue Sea,' that I began to get some notoriety, though I only made $5,000.
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Terms are like shredded wheat - two are wonderful, but three might just be too many.
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We're all born into whatever citizenship, circumstances, or class we happen to be born into. Immigrants and so many people in the working class work so hard every day for nickels and pennies and scraps to just barely get by and then realize that this precious life has been completely drained out of us.
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My mother died when I was very young. I didn't want to be in the position I was in, but I eventually pulled my head out of the sand, started listening to people, and decided to use my role for good. I am now fired up and energized and love charity stuff, meeting people, and making them laugh.
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Ethnicity should enrich us; it should make us a unique people in our diversity and not be used to divide us.
