Jessica Valenti Quotes
There is no public space for women; the whole world is a prison where you have to be constantly aware at all times that you're a potential victim. What's more terrifying is that it's not necessarily preventative.Jessica Valenti
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I realized I made a big mistake and if I could have it over again, I would do it so much differently.
Hansie Cronje -
A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
Babasaheb -
I would like all French children to have unlimited opportunities opened up for them as French minister of education.
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem -
I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.
Gavin Rossdale Bush -
Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
Paramahansa Yogananda -
Everyone who likes my books is like me in some way.
Ed Emberley
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I love Coco de Mer.
Ozwald Boateng -
Newt Gingrich seldom misses a chance to note that he is a historian.
Adam Hochschild -
Time stays, we go.
H. L. Mencken -
I went to a strict elementary school with nuns, and uniforms that I'm pretty sure were made out of sandpaper. It was an academic, sports-oriented place. I liked to read, and wanted to act, and didn't try out for volleyball. I was weird. The other girls would dip my hair in ink and stuff.
Zosia Mamet -
Humor can be an incredible, lacerating and effective weapon.
Carl Hiaasen -
I think that cancer is a life form that exists out there, and it exists in us. I think even the concept of healing is a spiritual principle that we have to really look at. I think the word itself is something we ought to get rid of, because it implies that there is illness - that there is something wrong.
Wayne Dyer
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Tardiness in literature can make me nervous.
Manuel Puig -
People say, 'Well you know the economy's bad, so China consumption will be low. No, totally different. You Americans love to spend tomorrow's money, and other people's money maybe... We Chinese love to save money.
Jack Ma -
When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
Dakota Fanning -
Dialogue is something I don't get a lot of on 'Game of Thrones.'
Maisie Williams -
I definitely love kimchi. The biggest influence that eating so much Korean food growing up had on me was that I have no limit for spiciness. The hotter the better.
Patrick Stump Fall Out Boy -
I had a very thorough grounding in music; I'd grown up around songs. My parents listened to a lot of music. My dad was majorly into jazz, which was absolutely a big influence on me, even if it was more subconsciously as a kid.
Laura Mvula
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Happiness in the present is only shattered by comparison with the past.
Douglas Horton -
Miss Emily had an intellect you could slice logs with.
Kazuo Ishiguro -
I love Brody Stevens. He's one of my favorite stand-ups.
Brett Gelman -
If one does away with the fact of the Resurrection, one also does away with the Cross, for both stand and fall together, and one would then have to find a new center for the whole message of the gospel.
Hans Urs von Balthasar -
'I'll put a word in for you, Sharpe, because a man shouldn't be disciplined for killing the enemy, but I don't suppose my help will do you any good.'
Bernard Cornwell -
There is no public space for women; the whole world is a prison where you have to be constantly aware at all times that you're a potential victim. What's more terrifying is that it's not necessarily preventative.
Jessica Valenti