Patti Stanger Quotes
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To the poet fated to be a poet, self-expression is as natural and as involuntary as breathing is to us ordinary mortals.
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And in the Second World War, you didn't just read about it in the newspapers because you weren't allowed to read it in the newspapers. It was all censored, you know? So nobody knew what we were doing.
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The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
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The blessing of being able to write music and let music speak for itself is you let the melodies and let the lyrics and the groove talk to people instead of me talking to people.
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I'm in so many videos. There was a period of about two years where I danced for everyone: Kylie Minogue, Ed Sheeran, Jessie J, Taio Cruz. It got to the point where my fees were double the other girls', and I wouldn't even have to audition. They'd call my agent directly and say, 'We want twigs to come in.'
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Guarding your heart and protecting your dignity are a little bit more important than clarifying the emotions of someone who's only texting you back three words. I've learned that from trying to figure out people who don't deserve to be figured out.
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If you're that hypersensitive about color and don't have a sense of humor, don't marry out of your race.
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As a first-time director in America, I feel I've been very fortunate.
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Advocates of 'free speech' often repeat the mantra that the best response to bad speech is more and better speech, not the suppression of the bad stuff.
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Africa’s progress will depend on unleashing economic growth - not just for the few at the top, but for the many, because an essential element of dignity is being able to live a decent life. That begins with a job. And that requires trade and investment.
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Gore Vidal, the American writer, once described the American economic system as 'free enterprise for the poor and socialism for the rich'. Macroeconomic policy on the global scale is a bit like that. It is Keynesianism for the rich countries and monetarism for the poor.
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No carelessness in your actions. No confusion in your words. No imprecision in your thoughts. (Hays translation)
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Well, yes, I've fired a lot of people. Generally I like other people to fire, because it's always a lousy task. But I have fired many people.
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Everybody has their own agenda, and that makes 'Power' a dark world. There aren't any really clean characters.
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I encourage women to wear color, wear stripes, wear sequins - just wear what makes you feel confident and strong. If it looks good and fits well, you'll look great and feel great, too.
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When companies are jumping on the bandwagon to do plus size, they limit themselves.
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Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad.
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I have a very big sweet tooth and I love treating myself to something that I wouldn't necessarily eat during the tournament such as a nice-sized cake.
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It's tough to work with kids. Kids are animals!
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If you can tune into your purpose and really align with it, setting goals so that your vision is an expression of that purpose, then life flows much more easily.
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I'm the only tenured black faculty in the sciences at Columbia, in the middle of Harlem.
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Before I got in this business I was in the chicken business.
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I was supposed to be adopted when I was five, but then my adoption was pushed back by two years.
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We've heard some theories, but there is a lot of mystery surrounding my adoption.
