Pia Zadora Quotes

When I was 21 I stopped and got married. I tried for a while to be the perfect wife, society this, society that but it wasn't working, so after about a year I went back to work.

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• I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.

  

  Viggo Mortensen
  • People
  • Nature
  • Think

• You can be tops in Australia and be unheard of everywhere else.

  

  Barry Gibb Bee Gees
  • You
  • Australia
  • Everywhere

• Best wine if you're stranded on a deserted island? 1982 Salon Champagne.

  

  Gary Vaynerchuk
  • Best
  • Wine
  • Champagne

• Working with Barneys, and choosing the looks, I was thinking about whether a real woman would buy this outfit and feel beautiful and comfortable.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • Thinking
  • Real
  • Beautiful

• In my novels, there are twelve ancient 'memory tools,' all now lost. Each of the 'Reincarnationist' books revolves around a different tool.

  

  M. J. Rose
  • Different
  • Lost
  • Memory

• I have this kind of mild nice-guy exterior, but inside my heart is like a steel trap.

  

  Dan Aykroyd
  • Heart
  • Guy
  • Nice

• I do not consider the Lisbon Treaty to be a good thing for Europe, for the freedom of Europe, or for the Czech Republic.

  

  Vaclav Klaus
  • Good
  • Freedom
  • Republic

• The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.

  

  C. V. Raman
  • Work
  • Thinking
  • Science

• There are young idealists all around the world falling in love with the Yankees now and realists who are gravitating to the Red Sox. I think the universe is on its head.

  

  Samantha Power
  • World
  • Love
  • Universe

• There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page.

  

  Ted Koppel
  • Great
  • New
  • New York

• The problem with the Iranian regime, of course is, one, its unsettling effects on the Sunnis, particularly Saudi Arabia, and, secondly, its potential threat to Israel.

  

  Zbigniew Brzezinski
  • Problem
  • Potential
  • Israel

• When you are poor, you'll have to think of ways to be better off.

  

  Zong Qinghou
  • Think
  • You
  • Better

• Singing in Yiddish was a great thrill for me and came about through Joe Papp, the founder of The Public Theater.

  

  Mandy Patinkin
  • Great
  • Me
  • Singing

• You have to be proud of who you are.

  

  Bai Ling
  • You
  • Proud
  • Who

• The 24% unemployment reached at the depths of the Great Depression was no picnic.

  

  Barry Eichengreen
  • Great
  • Depression
  • Picnic

• I was never taken to a play or concert or church. Yet I was a show-off, a dreamer, a storyteller.

  

  Ralph Waite
  • Play
  • Church
  • Taken

• I don't sleep well. I rehash everything in bed. The mind's still working.

  

  Hale Irwin
  • Mind
  • Sleep
  • Bed

• I should have liked to get married, but over many decades I have lived essentially alone. I go to sleep when I'm tired, get up when I wake up, have my food prepared when I'm hungry. I can't bear the thought that I'd have to coincide, make an effort.

  

  Felix Dennis
  • Up
  • Food
  • Alone

• As for the depiction of the Catholic church, it's not meant to be a prediction.

  

  Dan Simmons
  • Church
  • Catholic
  • Meant To Be

• After receiving strong encouragement from numerous people that I respect and admire, discussing with my family, and seriously considering it, I have decided not to run for the 12th Congressional District, a seat currently held by a man I admire very much, Representative Jerry Costello.

  

  Ann Callis
  • People
  • Family
  • Strong

• If I had written King Lear, I would regret it all my life afterwards. Because that work is so big, that its defects show as huge, its monstrous defects, things even minimal in between some scenes and their possible perfection. It's not the sun with spots; it's a broken greek statue.

  

  Fernando Pessoa
  • Life
  • Work
  • Sun

• The fashion of the '90s is a massive inspiration to me. My favorite video of all time is 'Say You'll Be There' by the Spice Girls. That's the best styling ever. If I could dress like that every day, I would.

  

  Charli XCX
  • Fashion
  • Inspiration
  • Styling

• A nation needs to know how to utilise talent.

  

  Irrfan Khan
  • Know
  • Talent
  • Nation

• When I was 21 I stopped and got married. I tried for a while to be the perfect wife, society this, society that but it wasn't working, so after about a year I went back to work.

  

  Pia Zadora
  • Work
  • Society
  • Perfect