Bozoma Saint John Quotes
Even now, when people ask me, 'Why did you take the job at Uber?' I say because my gut told me to.
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Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
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Experience is a legitimate issue when John McCain raises it about Obama, and it's also legitimate for us to raise it about Palin.
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To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always known where it will end.
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Thousands of years and many civilizations have defined a marriage as the union between one man and one woman. With few exceptions, those civilizations that did not follow that perished.
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I was king of the mountain for a long time, well, I don't want that no more. I like to perform every once in a while for people who want to see me, and cut albums of music that is what I'm really about.
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If I could look like anyone, it would be Jamie Redknapp - even up close, he's amazing.
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I get a lot of influence from pro wrestling. People are like, 'Oh, it's fake.' But it's not about whether the guy wins or loses, it's about how he entertains you the whole time you're watching.
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You should only have so many accessories. You have to make sure you have the right ones at the right time.
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I've always exuded some connection to my sexuality even as a kid. So to me, being sexy means staying connected to that part of me.
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I have always had this view about the modern education system: we pay attention to brain development, but the development of warmheartedness we take for granted.
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My father was an accountant and his father was a typographer.
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If a literary man puts together two words about music, one of them will be wrong.
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It's not what you wear it's how you wear it, is what I say.
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I am one of maybe three people in the world who knows anything about Robert W. Chambers.
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The more I've gotten interested in writing about history and making sense of myself within the continuum of history, the more I've turned to paintings, to art. I look to the imagery of art to help me understand something about my own place in the world.
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As software engineers trained to turn ambiguity into absolutes and fuzzy requirements into ones and zeros, we had a 'eureka' moment when we realized that our training had broader, real-world applications.
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Being an economist is the least ethical profession, closer to charlatanism than any science.
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It is rather for us here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion.
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Of course, I also encountered hostile reactions in campaigning. People called me names, even spat at me; I received more threats. The most remarkable people, to me, were those who apparently approved of everything I said but nonetheless wouldn't dream of voting for the Liberal Party. It reminded me of Somalia: they wouldn't vote outside their clan.
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When I started off, I always used to do parodies and impressions, mimicking people... and then institutions. You become aware that some institutions have their own language. You almost define yourself by how you speak.
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Many people think that virtue consists of severity towards others.
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And the desire to own property, to take for ourselves things which in no way belong to us, does not stop short at the sun. The air is already bought and sold as a commodity, by health resorts. And what of water? Or waterpower? Why should the earth be parceled out into private hands? Is it any different from the sun? No; the earth belongs to the people who live on it. God intended it for them, but it has been taken over by private individuals. Privare means to steal. Thus private property is stolen property - property stolen from God and from humankind!
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I compose music for films, and by the grace of God, I've got a few awards. That's it.
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Even now, when people ask me, 'Why did you take the job at Uber?' I say because my gut told me to.
