Jessica Mauboy Quotes

My father is Indonesian Timorese, my mother Aboriginal Australian.

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• So many boys and girls talk the same way, listen to the same music, look the same. If I'm out, I'll notice the person who looks different before I notice the person who's, 'really hot.'

  

  Jack Antonoff Fun.
  • Music
  • Different
  • Look

• Psoriasis is an autoimmune disease, and I'm sensitive.

  

  Cara Delevingne
  • Disease
  • Sensitive

• What people say isn't going to stop me. I have to do things for myself.

  

  Kate Moss
  • People
  • Me
  • Stop

• We need a commander in chief that speaks the truth. We will not defeat radical Islamic terrorism so long as we have a president unwilling to utter the words 'radical Islamic terrorism'.

  

  Ted Cruz
  • Long
  • Truth
  • Words

• I choose projects that resonate with me on some personal level and projects that I'm afraid to do. If I'm afraid to do them, then I usually say yes, because it means that I'm not ready to go there and deal with certain aspects of the script. And that means that I need to do it, because the things that scare you only make you better and stronger.

  

  Octavia Spencer
  • Me
  • Better
  • Stronger

• People think that if you have a huge appetite, then you'll be better at it. But actually, it's how you confront the food that is brought to you. You have to be mentally and psychologically prepared.

  

  Takeru Kobayashi
  • People
  • Food
  • Better

• Freedom is secured every day by our men and women in uniform. We must build a future worthy of their sacrifice.

  

  Nancy Pelosi
  • Men
  • Women
  • Future

• Carrie-Anne Moss is awesome. I am just going to put that out there.

  

  Yvonne Strahovski
  • Awesome
  • Moss

• Ever since I was a kid, I've wanted to set a time that nobody can touch for many years.

  

  Adam Peaty
  • Time
  • Kid
  • Nobody

• If people don't get paid for their inventions, that's not a good thing. In the case of many patents, there are people who aren't in a position to take them to the next level. If you don't enforce your rights, no one is going to enforce them for you.

  

  Nathan Myhrvold
  • People
  • Good
  • You

• It's hard to write a comedy sketch.

  

  Kate McKinnon
  • Comedy
  • Write
  • Sketch

• I try to stick to a certain diet all the time, and then when I feel like a reward, I have it. I try to stick to no dairy, no sugar, no wheat.

  

  Paloma Faith
  • Time
  • Reward
  • Diet

• Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • Deep
  • Winter
  • Roots

• I've always had rock star envy. Unfortunately, writing is a pedestrian, tame occupation done while sitting in coffee-stained pajamas in front of a computer rather than prowling around a huge stage in sweaty leather pants, so I have to get my kicks vicariously.

  

  Kate Christensen
  • Writing
  • Done
  • Rock

• My own philanthropic efforts have always included an educational element, whether it's expanding opportunities to educate a promising mind or extending the brain's ability to learn.

  

  Naveen Jain
  • Mind
  • Brain
  • Opportunities

• I enjoy being Jewish, but I'm an atheist... I hate fundamentalism in all its forms. Jews, Catholics, Baptists, I think they are all potty and capable of destroying the world.

  

  Warren Mitchell
  • World
  • Hate
  • Enjoy

• I first met Jimbo Wales, the face of Wikipedia, when he came to speak at Stanford.

  

  Aaron Swartz
  • Speak
  • First
  • Face

• Running for me is a sport. It's not a joke. It's serious.

  

  J. R. Martinez
  • Me
  • Running
  • Serious

• I walk. I do the treadmill; I walk around the mall. I do a little crunches with my stomach, not that much. Just enough to get the engine going cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha! Vroooommmmm.

  

  Marcel Theo Hall

• I approach song writing three different ways. One way is where I write the initial melody and lyrics first and then take it in to the producer to collaborate. Another way is where the producer sends me his initial musical track ideas and then I write the lyrics and melody over his track. The third way is where we just jam out in the studio and see what we come up with.

  

  Manika
  • Up
  • Different
  • Writing

• I became quite a diva, and intolerant, and people knew when I was not pleased. Some people were afraid of me, and other people just kind of blew me off. But I wasn't making any friends. I only had one person who remained my friend, and he was my boyfriend for a while. Even though I told him I was gay, he was like, 'That's alright.'

  

  Jane Lynch
  • People
  • Friends
  • Friend

• Well, there's nothing more touching than putting a smile on a kid's face when you can.

  

  Emma Roberts
  • Smile

• Profits are one of the most important goals of any successful business, and investors are one of the most important constituencies of public businesses.

  

  John Mackey
  • Important
  • Business
  • Goals

• My father is Indonesian Timorese, my mother Aboriginal Australian.

  

  Jessica Mauboy
  • Mother
  • Father