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.
Quotes to Explore
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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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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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There's definitely an interest in Scotland and what happened here. I think the rest of the world are fascinated by our history, and it's nice to be able to bring Scotland and our culture and music to the screen.
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Death is, in some ways, unacceptable. It’s just an astonishing fact of our being here that we die; but I think worse than that is if we live long enough, we lose everyone we love in this world. I mean people die and disappear, and we’re left with this stark mystery: just the sheer not knowing of what happened to them.
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Spacecraft sent to Mars, Saturn, Mercury, the moon, comets, and asteroids have been making incredible discoveries, with more to come from recent launches to Jupiter, the moon, and Mars. The country needs more of these robotic space exploration missions, not less.
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Developing compassion for Congress and politicians is a good way to begin practicing the new social activism if you want to make effective changes in the world. Perhaps the most startling new insight of all is that there is no other way to effectively change the world.
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If you don't score, and you have chances, you are disappointed.
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Space is not a good place to mix foods because as soon as you take something out of the package, it becomes a flying object.
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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.
