Peggy Whitson Quotes

I was inspired by the men who walked on the moon. It really was my inspiration, I think, you know, as a kid of 9 years old - I know I'm dating myself, but - I thought, 'What a cool job!'

Peggy Whitson

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• I went to Floridita on Wardour Street when I was 18. All I could afford was pumpkin soup and a glass of champagne, but it was worth it.

  

  Karen Gillan
  • Street
  • Champagne
  • Soup

• Every single person suffers; every marriage has some major battles. Life pulls you in different directions. But if you try, and you're lucky, you can find your way back to each other.

  

  Taya Kyle
  • Life
  • Different
  • Single

• Novelty is always welcome but talking pictures are just a fad.

  

  Irving Thalberg
  • Always
  • Talking
  • Welcome

• I couldn't go now to a brand that had a niche attitude like... gothic. I couldn't do that. Well, I could do it, but I wouldn't find it interesting, challenging.

  

  Raf Simons
  • Interesting
  • Attitude
  • Brand

• Live rich, die poor; never make the mistake of doing it the other way round.

  

  Walter Annenberg
  • Live
  • Die
  • Mistake

• People who matter are most aware that everyone else does too.

  

  Malcolm Forbes
  • People
  • Matter
  • Everyone

• I'm very passionate about my two Dobermans, Stella and Mr Jonty. I go on and on and on about them, and people have to tell me to shut up before I get out pictures of them.

  

  Victoria Pendleton
  • People
  • Me
  • Passionate

• Fame can be annoying, but there are perks too.

  

  Danica Patrick
  • Fame
  • Annoying
  • Too

• I think the new generation is much more demanding about respect for the environment than we have ever imagined.

  

  Carlos Ghosn
  • Think
  • Respect
  • Environment

• Relationships can be very traumatic. But being in a healthy relationship can be very empowering.

  

  Kangana Ranaut
  • Relationship
  • Healthy
  • Empowering

• Tennis is all about mental toughness, and you have to keep your head in the game. I make time to relax away from competition pressures, travel and intense training schedules to make sure I'm looking after myself. Taking time out with family and friends helps to maintain the work-life balance everyone needs.

  

  Samantha Stosur
  • Life
  • Time
  • Work

• I was never really acting. I was not taking it seriously. Acting was very much a hobby for me. It wasn't really until I was finishing college and doing it sporadically that I began to take it seriously.

  

  Zach Galligan
  • College
  • Really
  • Seriously

• The nightmare of materialism, which has turned the life of the universe into an evil, useless game, is not yet past; it holds the awakening soul still in its grip.

  

  Wassily Kandinsky
  • Life
  • Soul
  • Game

• On my show 'One on One', I interview leaders from around the world - in politics, business, art. My other show, 'Her Village', is more like 'The View'.

  

  Yang Lan
  • World
  • Art
  • Business

• Despite overwhelming support for the United States to adopt English as its official language, we have still not taken that important step.

  

  Sam Graves
  • Important
  • Support
  • Taken

• I hope that none of the countries in the Middle East are planning anything but the peaceful utilization of nuclear energy.

  

  Abdullah II of Jordan
  • Hope
  • Energy
  • Planning

• It has been very good here, but the World Cup game was different. It had a different significance to it.

  

  Sachin Tendulkar
  • World
  • Good
  • Different

• All you can do is focus on telling the best story you can with compelling characters. If you do it right, it will endure. If you do it wrong, it won't.

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
  • Best
  • Focus
  • Story

• Change leads to disappointment if it is not sustained. Transformation is sustained change, and it is achieved through practice.

  

  Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar
  • Practice
  • Transformation
  • Disappointment

• Fiction is the thing I esteem most in my own work; I feel that, even if it's no good, only I could have written those books.

  

  Edmund White
  • Good
  • Work
  • Feel

• And as for those who voted for me, I know there will be many whose pencils hovered for an instant before putting an X in my box and I will work flat out to repay and to justify your confidence.

  

  Boris Johnson
  • Work
  • Confidence

• You can go to work and actually make someone else's job less miserable. Use your job to help others.

  

  Patrick Lencioni
  • Work
  • Job
  • Help

• What we really have to do is stop the adjective before the job title - whether it's 'black actor,' a 'gay actor' or anything actor.

  

  Matt Bomer
  • Job
  • Black
  • Stop

• I was inspired by the men who walked on the moon. It really was my inspiration, I think, you know, as a kid of 9 years old - I know I'm dating myself, but - I thought, 'What a cool job!'

  

  Peggy Whitson
  • Job
  • Inspiration
  • Moon