Drew Gilpin Faust Quotes
I never planned my career. I never planned to be president of Harvard. People would have thought I was crazy, probably, at the age of 8 or 10 or 20, if I had said that. So what I would say to people planning their careers is to be ready to improvise. Be ready to follow up on opportunities as they unfold.
Drew Gilpin Faust
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I live in Derry, a little town in Ireland, and I don't have the background of Hollywood or Broadway.
Damian McGinty
It is exciting to write about the present once one gets beyond the trivia of the moment. As a time to live in, as a time to think about, the present is intriguing.
Vikram Seth
I used to believe I was going to live forever. And then you suddenly become aware that you're not.
Damien Hirst
Where you have the most armed citizens in America, you have the lowest violent crime rate. Where you have the worst gun control, you have the highest crime rate.
Ted Nugent
No matter what message you are about to deliver somewhere, whether it is holding out a hand of friendship, or making clear that you disapprove of something, is the fact that the person sitting across the table is a human being, so the goal is to always establish common ground.
Madeleine Albright
I'm content with the fact that I made a decent effort. That's what I've always worried about: that I wouldn't try hard enough.
Jack Nicholson
Beauty products always cheer me up and give me hope. If it makes you feel pretty, why not?
Salma Hayek
It is the function of the President, representing the executive principle, to execute the laws.
Garet Garrett
I'm interested in playing, not working.
Captain Beefheart
My mum has lived in Australia for 22 years now, and we have a rocky relationship. But at the same time it's one I want to maintain. I need her to be my mum. The relationship took a lot of rebuilding.
Sam Taylor-Wood
If you grew up in my generation, you're going to be influenced by Run DMC, the Beastie Boys and also listen to Metallica - it wasn't segregated anymore.
Vanilla Ice
I need nothing from my companion. No money, no financial security, no emotional support, nothing. All I want is the freedom to be myself.
Kangana Ranaut
Allowing adult children who live at home who are in between jobs to stay on their parents' health care, I think that's a lot of Republican support for that, with or without Obamacare.
Jack Kingston
When you're making a pilot, what you're mostly thinking is, 'Please let this be a real job, please.'
Hamish Linklater
Some people think electronic music is cold, but I think that has more to do with the people listening than the actual music itself.
Imogen Heap
Madonna is a creation, so perhaps we should give her and the factory that created her a little credit, but I think that she should quietly disappear now. Poor Madge seems unable to decide whether she wants to look like Marilyn Monroe or Marlene Dietrich.
Barry Humphries
I want to be best golfer in the world. But I feel like golf is not everything in my life, but I want to keep doing it, keep working hard, do the best I can on the tour and give back to the tour.
Yani Tseng
My father was out of my life when I was pretty young - when I was 7 years old, he was gone. I didn't see him for the rest of my childhood.
Flea
Red Hot Chili Peppers
If I still lived in Russia, I'd be dead... or a really effective oligarch.
Gary Shteyngart
Muhammad is more human, more self-doubting, even self-tortured at times. His story is full of adventure, intrigue, betrayal.
Deepak Chopra
Our creative communities in Nashville, in L.A. and New York, and in Austin, those are communities you want to see stay viable.
Marsha Blackburn
I'm not necessarily in a vocation where I'm at risk; it's not like I'm a police officer. I'm a musician, so when I leave home, my family expects me to come back.
Kristian Bush
Sugarland
I never planned my career. I never planned to be president of Harvard. People would have thought I was crazy, probably, at the age of 8 or 10 or 20, if I had said that. So what I would say to people planning their careers is to be ready to improvise. Be ready to follow up on opportunities as they unfold.
Drew Gilpin Faust
