Jameela Jamil Quotes
I find it infuriating that in this industry, size 10 and above is defined as 'plus size,' especially when the average dress size in the U.K. is a 16.
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When I started out in the early 1930s, there were a great many magazines that published short stories. Unfortunately, the short-story market has dwindled to almost nothing.
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It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to.
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ABBA: The Movie; I got a lot of grief for working on that.
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I actually did not have a date to my prom. I ended up taking a friend.
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I'm a big believer in the idea that while we are the sum of our tears, we are also the product of our choices in how we deal with those tears.
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I've always wanted to be my own person and stand by the things I believe in and I thought I might lose that independence if I ran for political office.
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People imagine I am always in a Bentley with pearls and diamonds and black glasses and Karl Lagerfeld next to me.
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As educators and policy makers, it is important to demonstrate for parents the connection between high levels of student participation in assessment and system accountability - ensuring the success of every student.
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I feel like maybe I'm part of that generation that became more of a gamer than a video consumer. It's always been something I've done with my spare time. If I had three hours on a Friday night, I'm not out partying. I'm probably playing video games.
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Smell is a very animal thing, almost reptilian, where the more cerebral things like reading less so.
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My favorite thing about being engaged is your partner knowing what you want. For us, we love going out to eat.
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I grew up when people seemed actually to be hurting themselves for their art. Of course, some of it was phony.
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When I was a publisher of CNN, I took responsibility for the actions of the network.
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Congress has a responsibility to review research paid for by hard-working American taxpayers.
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When I was five years old, my parents gave me a drum set for Christmas. My mom played the piano, and Dad played the saxophone badly. But that Christmas morning, I remember we all played together, and I thought it was the greatest day ever.
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So I have four daughters, about ten granddaughters, and five grandsons.
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If you love your work, you'll be out there every day trying to do it the best you possibly can, and pretty soon everybody around will catch the passion from you - like a fever.
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I had as much time to prepare for that moon landing as NASA did, and I still was speechless when it happened. It just was so awe-inspiring to actually be able to see the thing through the television that was a miracle in itself.
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I used to assume no one would care, but I do think now I've written songs that are useful to people having dark hours.
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It is only natural that for any statesman at the helm of any government the question of his country's security should be a concern of the utmost importance.
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And at least in poetry you should feel free to lie. That is, not to lie, but to imagine what you want, to follow the direction of the poem.
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The people who are afraid of talking to press are people who have something to hide.
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There's always pressure, a great deal of pressure, when writing, since my first books were so successful.
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I find it infuriating that in this industry, size 10 and above is defined as 'plus size,' especially when the average dress size in the U.K. is a 16.
