Jean Giraudoux Quotes
I have been a woman for fifty years, and I've never yet been able to discover precisely what it is I am.Jean Giraudoux
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The Chinese have certain advantages. The fact that it's a single party government. But I do believe in the long run the fact that India is a functioning democracy committed to the rule of law. Our system is slow to move but I'm confident that once decisions are taken they are going to be far more durable.
Manmohan Singh -
Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.
O. Henry -
Sometimes you just have to jump off the cliff without knowing where you will land.
Zainab Salbi -
I've been doing lots of trapeze, and so much of it is holding your own weight.
Patina Miller -
I love going back and forth from drama to comedy. I love switching it around and showing people that I can do both.
Kaitlyn Dever -
You don't need to be a spook to care about encryption. If you travel with your computer or keep it in a place where other people can put their hands on it, you're vulnerable.
Barton Gellman
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Our communities are being destroyed by racial tension - and we're too polite to talk about it.
Randall L. Stephenson -
'Lord of the Rings' was a childhood favorite, though the adult Rae wishes the women in those books had more significance and agency.
Rae Carson -
Too often we're happy to receive thanks from the nonprofits we fund, accepting gratitude instead of feedback or performance measurements.
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen -
Sometimes a scene works and acting is the easiest thing in the world and you don't have to do much of anything - just enjoy yourself and listen to the other actor. When it doesn't work, then every actor has different ways of dealing with the impasse. Sometimes you use memories from the past. Whatever. It depends from job to job.
Viggo Mortensen -
As a businessman, I saw club tracks as a new franchise that could be profitable for years to come. It was like being in McDonald's and realizing that even though cheeseburgers and fries sold big, you could also make money serving up McRibs, which are always available for a limited time only.
R. Kelly -
Someone who says 'I am busy' is either declaring incompetence (and lack of control of his life) or trying to get rid of you.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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So we listen. We add up associations of people with people. When a push against Scientology starts somewhere, we go over the people involved and weed them out. Push vanishes.
L. Ron Hubbard -
One thing about Notre Dame, it's like a service academy in a lot of ways. There is a closeness.
Ara Parseghian -
I'm never afraid of pattern or texture.
Ashley Nell Tipton -
I think people take the word 'feminist' really seriously, and I think people are scared to use that word.
Rita Ora -
I love the idea of the street vibe, having folks together, out in the street at midnight.
Sean Paul -
The worst thing you can do in a relationship, and what's really unattractive about it, is that people begin to limit each other.
Jamie Johnson
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FBI Girl is touching and funny, inspiring and tragic, enlightening and sad. I closed the book with tears in my eyes and admiration in my heart for the girl Maura Conlon was and the writer she became.
Beverly Donofrio -
I'm quite sure I don't want legions of 15-year-old girls who call themselves, like, Broziers or something. My career isn't going to be that kind of a thing.
Andrew Hozier-Byrne -
I want to be in 'Star Wars.' That would be amazing.
Luke Benward -
Eventually one day I want to direct, but as of right now my next cap that I'm looking for is the producer cap.
Laz Alonso -
I have been a woman for fifty years, and I've never yet been able to discover precisely what it is I am.
Jean Giraudoux