Peggy Noonan Quotes

Sincerity and competence is a strong combination. In politics, it is everything.

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• I rarely stay at home when I'm in New York. I'm always doing things. It brings you so much energy.

  

  Olivier Theyskens
  • Home
  • Energy
  • New York

• After the bones mended, my left eye was smaller than my right, and my eyebrow never grew back. But you know what? Big deal. I think I became beautiful after the accident. I became kinder, more aware. I gained respect for other people.

  

  Iman
  • People
  • Beautiful
  • Respect

• My family moved from California to New Jersey in the beginning of my sophomore year of high school. I will never forget the first day in a new school, walking into the cafeteria during lunch and not knowing a single soul. I didn't feel confident enough to share a seat at just anyone's table.

  

  Camille Guaty
  • Family
  • School
  • High

• There are some things that money can't buy: peace of mind, for starters, and lean muscle mass. Neither the Queen of England nor the founder of Microsoft can put in an order for either one.

  

  Victoria Moran
  • Mind
  • Money
  • Peace

• I used to trip over my legs and get detention for my too-short shorts because none fit. I still trip, but now I like to show them off.

  

  Maggie Grace
  • Like
  • Now
  • Legs

• Kai-Fu's Innovation Works is the top very-early-stage fund in China. We are proud to be an investor, and hope that IW will help to produce in China companies on the scale of Facebook, Zynga, or Groupon.

  

  Yuri Milner
  • Help
  • Hope
  • Proud

• I definitely associate music with color. For example, my first record has a red cover but it is totally green and blue to me.

  

  Kaki King
  • Music
  • Color
  • Red

• In fact - statistically, as you know - people have done polls, research, and at least 80 percent or more or working media are liberal Democrats if they are involved with any party and certainly liberal in their philosophy.

  

  Pat Boone
  • People
  • Done
  • Party

• When I was 23, I founded an organization called Dress for Success, which is now in more than 100 cities in 8 countries and has helped a million women transition from welfare to work.

  

  Nancy Lublin
  • Work
  • Women
  • Success

• I don't accept gifts from perfect strangers - but then, nobody's perfect.

  

  Zsa Zsa Gabor
  • Perfect
  • Accept
  • Strangers

• French fries. I love them. Some people are chocolate and sweets people. I love French fries. That and caviar.

  

  Cameron Diaz
  • People
  • Love
  • Chocolate

• A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • Up
  • Society
  • Thought

• Serious drama in a significant degree began at Harvard in the 1880s. In 1881, the Cercle Francais initiated the annual French play, and shortly afterwards the German and Spanish clubs added their productions.

  

  J. Anthony Lukas
  • Play
  • Serious
  • Drama

• I'm not trying to stay in the same place and I'm not trying to compete with what's currently in fashion. That would be dishonest. But, at the same time, I'm different and the music reflects that to some degree.

  

  Eddie Money
  • Time
  • Music
  • Different

• I think the last game console I had was Super Nintendo. I remember once I played the Sega Genesis. But Super Nintendo was my last game device. I played outside more. I liked kickball and baseball.

  

  Natalie Martinez
  • Remember
  • Game
  • Baseball

• We need money. We need hits. Hits bring money, money bring power, power bring fame, fame change the game.

  

  Young Thug
  • Money
  • Power
  • Game

• I think Serena Williams is the best tennis player of this generation, if not the best ever. It is amazing for her to be playing as well as she is at the age of 31.

  

  Samantha Stosur
  • Age
  • Amazing
  • Player

• I think I passed up a lot of opportunities for love because I was too interested in identity politics.

  

  Hanya Yanagihara
  • Politics
  • Identity
  • Opportunities

• Whatever you can say in a meeting, you can put in an email. If I have questions, I'll tell you via email.

  

  Mark Cuban

• I believe now the industry has seen a different side of me. They have seen me in advertisements, they have seen me act, and now they have seen me as an all-rounder, complete with my dancing ability.

  

  Rithvik Dhanjani
  • Believe
  • Different
  • Ability

• Passengers want options, and when they have options, like passenger rail, they choose them.

  

  Anthony Foxx

• My mom is really skinny, too. I got it from her. I've never done yoga before.

  

  Bregje Heinen
  • Done
  • Mom
  • Yoga

• My relationship to comics isn't nearly as strong as some people's. Ha! I mean, I grew up with a comic book fanatic. My older brother was, and still is, obsessed. And I was obsessed with the fact that he was obsessed, because I was obsessed with him. But not necessarily with comics themselves.

  

  Jason Reynolds
  • People
  • Up
  • Book

• Sincerity and competence is a strong combination. In politics, it is everything.

  

  Peggy Noonan
  • Strong