Drew Barrymore Quotes

I was raised in that generation where it was all 'Women can have it all!' and I don't think you can. I think something falls off the table. The good thing is that the things that stay on the table become so much more important.

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• I'm involved in music and fashion a lot more than I used to be, so my style has definitely changed - for the better, of course. It's given me greater insight into what colours work, what looks good on camera, and what I feel comfortable in.

  

  Olly Murs
  • Good
  • Work
  • Music

• I think bad politics are incredibly dangerous, so it's important to make sure that people are communicating well. Culture and morale are super important. It's best to not force it, but let it happen organically and genuinely.

  

  Aaron Levie
  • People
  • Important
  • Bad

• The most important thing Paris gave me was a perspective on Latin America. It taught me the differences between Latin America and Europe and among the Latin American countries themselves through the Latins I met there.

  

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  • Important
  • American
  • America

• I want to encourage women to take control of their health.

  

  Laila Ali
  • Women
  • Control
  • Health

• Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.

  

  Saint Augustine
  • Art
  • Empty
  • Thou Art

• There are so many young women coming up through the ranks. Adele is an amazing singer. Beyonce has great stage presence. She's just a beautiful woman. I love how everyone has just taken charge of their lives and careers.

  

  Pat Benatar
  • Women
  • Beautiful
  • Lives

• I am not saying Russia is not important, but Trump's base is very well defended against that: 'the liberal media is out to get him', 'it's fake news', and all the rest.

  

  Naomi Klein
  • Trump
  • Media
  • Fake

• In all good westerns, the good guy is always a little bit questionable because he kind-of has to make moral judgments.

  

  Daniel Craig
  • Good
  • Guy
  • Always

• The hype man's job is to get everybody out of their seats and on the dance floor to have a good time.

  

  Flavor Flav
  • Time
  • Good
  • Job

• A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the populace with his pants down. If it is a good book nothing can hurt him. If it is a bad book nothing can help him.

  

  Edna St. Vincent Millay
  • Good
  • Book
  • Bad

• Disasters are usually a good time to re-examine what we've done so far, what mistakes we've made, and what improvements should come next.

  

  Dan Ariely
  • Time
  • Good
  • Done

• Politics and government are certainly among the most important of practical human interests.

  

  P. T. Barnum
  • Important
  • Government
  • Politics

• At the end of the day, New Yorkers need a mayor who understands the problems they face, brings a smart plan and good people to the table, and, more than anything, has the independence, courage and conviction to do the right thing.

  

  Sal Albanese
  • People
  • Good
  • Day

• A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.

  

  Saint Basil
  • Love
  • Man
  • Friendship

• If they exert it not for good, they will for evil; if they advance not knowledge, they will perpetuate ignorance.

  

  Frances Wright
  • Good
  • Knowledge
  • Evil

• A narrow compass! and yet there Dwelt all that 's good, and all that 's fair; Give me but what this riband bound, Take all the rest the sun goes round.

  

  Edmund Waller
  • Good
  • Me
  • Rest

• There is nothing more important in life than love.

  

  Barbra Streisand
  • Life
  • Important
  • Love

• Traditionally I'm not a very good secret-keeper.

  

  Laura Fraser
  • Good
  • Very

• I mean, coming into this season I was just hoping to come back, stay healthy and help the team.

  

  Johan Santana
  • Help
  • Team

• There are so many reasons to mark the passing of the great Joe Cocker - as many songs as he wrote, recorded and performed in his remarkable concerts. For me, Cocker was also the only performer who successfully covered and even improved on The Beatles.

  

  Andrew Rosenthal
  • Great

• I'm not a Luddite at all. I love all this stuff. I look at all the gadgets that come out and I think, 'Oh, this fix works for me. But the rest don't.' I'm not genuflecting in front of the God of Newness.

  

  Carl Honore
  • God
  • Think
  • Works

• I was a very scared child. Not, you know, not so much of life but of the demons that lurked in the dark. And horror movies terrified me. You know, I'd love watching them but then at night, I would just be up in sweats all night.

  

  Jordan Peele
  • Life
  • Up
  • Night

• A lot of times I watch TV and I watch film and there's so many things I'd love to talk about that I feel don't get the opportunity to be shown. Sometimes things become very stereotypical and one-sided, and I feel like it's such a colorful world.

  

  Alicia Keys
  • World
  • Opportunity
  • Feel

• I was raised in that generation where it was all 'Women can have it all!' and I don't think you can. I think something falls off the table. The good thing is that the things that stay on the table become so much more important.

  

  Drew Barrymore
  • Good
  • Important
  • Women