Pete Seeger Quotes

If it can't be … reused, repaired … then it should be … redesigned or removed from production.

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• I was 17 when I was forced into marriage. I had no hand in it, and I didn't even enjoy being with the man. Also, I wanted to study, but no one listened to me. I wanted to move forward in life, it wasn't a happy situation. Because of some family problems, I had to stick around.

  

  Qandeel Baloch
  • Life
  • Family
  • Happy

• I was always a real athletic kid. Then when I got older, I just figured it was part of life to keep training.

  

  Idris Elba
  • Life
  • Real
  • Training

• I spend a lot of time talking to women interested in office about how they can make it work.

  

  Maggie Hassan
  • Time
  • Work
  • Women

• Scandinavian crime fiction has become a great success all across the world and rightfully so. Sjowall and Wahloo ushered in a whole generation of Swedish crime writers, many of whom are now available in English.

  

  Camilla Lackberg
  • World
  • Great
  • Success

• It would be great to make a movie that had the style of a great '30's film.

  

  Laura Dern
  • Great
  • Movie
  • Style

• Unity in faith is theocracy; unity in politics is fascism.

  

  Maajid Nawaz
  • Faith
  • Politics
  • Unity

• I have goals and ambitions, and I see myself as a lifelong baseball student. I have certain philosophies that I'd like to test at some point at the big league level. The job of manager appeals to me, a coach appeals to me, at a different time frame.

  

  Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • Time
  • Different
  • Job

• I like Ned Leeds. I love the character so much. He's a very new character in the MCU. I think he's a very fresh take on people in the superhero world. Some superheroes crack under pressure, and Ned Leeds, who is not a superhero, doesn't.

  

  Jacob Batalon
  • People
  • World
  • Love

• Encourage aspiring writers to continue writing when things are going against them, when it feels hard. Explain the typical obstacles that occur, and encourage and reassure them to continue, never to give up.

  

  Patrick Modiano
  • Up
  • Writing
  • Give

• I don't want to look back and be like, 'You had it all, and you weren't even present for it. You weren't able to enjoy it.' I want to be here, be now and be grateful.

  

  Benjamin Hammond "Ben" Haggerty
  • Want
  • Present
  • Enjoy

• When he would give you direction, it was not sitting in a chair saying, 'Hey, babe! Do this and that and the other thing.' Mr. Sirk would ask, 'May I speak with you?' and sit down and say, 'I think this should be done this way. And how do you feel about it? Do you feel it that way?'

  

  Lana Turner
  • Done
  • May
  • Think

• Every video I'm in, every magazine cover, they stretch you; they make you perfect. It's not real life.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Life
  • Real
  • Perfect

• It's easy to show terrible people's behavior on screen, and we all just kind of nod and go, 'Isn't that terrible.' It's more interesting when you can show terrible behavior in the interest of something good.

  

  Damien Chazelle
  • People
  • Good
  • Interesting

• I think the artistic side of architecture was natural to me. My mother was an artist and a poet.

  

  I. M. Pei
  • Mother
  • Me
  • Architecture

• Nuclear energy is a baseload - meaning it's power that you can run any time you want, day or night - and carbon-free.

  

  Nathan Myhrvold
  • Time
  • Power
  • Night

• We've got these stereotypes, and I think there can be some trouble when we force these on people.

  

  Sam Heughan
  • People
  • Think
  • Stereotypes

• I can't be optimistic. I can be hopeful.

  

  Fay Vincent
  • Optimistic
  • I Can
  • Hopeful

• I wanted to be a senator from Illinois. I was obsessed with politics. My dad was friends with a lot of local politicians, so I would hang out with them on Election Day and hand out buttons. Somehow, even though they were opposite, I loved Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton. I thought they were the coolest guys!

  

  Ike Barinholtz
  • Friends
  • Dad
  • Day

• You know, when I put out records that may not work or connect with the audience, it's because I'm pushing myself as an artist creatively, because I'm just bored doing what everyone wants me to do.

  

  T.I.
  • Work
  • Know
  • Audience

• Lists today are a way of trying to get through the day, because we are losing a sense of time.

  

  David Viscott
  • Time
  • Trying
  • Today

• If you hang out with a bunch of sad sacks who think the world sucks and there's no possibility, you'll start to believe that. But if you hang out with people who think everything is possible and actually do the impossible on a regular basis, you will believe that, and you will be able to achieve that.

  

  Jen Sincero
  • People
  • World
  • Believe

• Math just wasn't my favorite. I didn't get how important math is and how it relates to real life. That's why I think I was turned off to it. Once I got down arithmetic and a little bit of algebra, I think I checked out. As I've gotten older, I think there's a lot more relation to math. English was my favorite subject.

  

  Adam Rodriguez
  • Life
  • Important
  • Real

• If it can't be … reused, repaired … then it should be … redesigned or removed from production.

  

  Pete Seeger