Joanna Coles Quotes

I was 36 when I had my first son, Thomas, and 39 when I had Hugo, my second.

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• There has to be a balance between power and vulnerability. That's something I feel I have in my own life, something I struggle with and - on a good day - like about myself.

  

  Idina Menzel
  • Life
  • Good
  • Power

• The fact that we walked away from the Middle East, as distasteful as it was for us to stay involved and prevent wars, based on our long involvement there, we have helped to create and provide a foundation. Obviously for ISIS and also for the absolute barbarianism and human catastrophe that Assad impacted on his people.

  

  Jack Keane
  • People
  • Long
  • Foundation

• There are so many female roles - particularly for young women - that are just somebody's girlfriend or somebody's daughter, or that are accessories to the main story rather than being three-dimensional characters.

  

  Hannah Murray
  • Women
  • Daughter
  • Story

• The reason that the all-American boy prefers beauty to brains is that he can see better than he can think.

  

  Farrah Fawcett
  • American
  • Think
  • Boy

• I wasn't trained to be in front of a camera, so there were a lot of challenges at first. But I didn't want to be fake.

  

  Yuna
  • Want
  • Challenges
  • Fake

• No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.

  

  Barbara Ehrenreich
  • True
  • Patriotism
  • Rebellion

• With Spotify, people don't get it until they try it. Then they tell their friends.

  

  Daniel Ek
  • People
  • Friends
  • Try

• I was born technically in D.C., and then my family moved to the Columbia area when I was in elementary school. It was right on the line between Clarksville and Columbia in Howard County. I remember it being just like a peaceful, safe atmosphere. I always felt connected to the woods and that whole suburban feel.

  

  Gallant
  • Family
  • School
  • Remember

• Common Core isn't a test, but for some people it is, because they don't like the testing piece of it.

  

  Brown Campbell
  • People
  • Test
  • Testing

• If you cry over a guy, then your friends can't date him. It can't even be considered.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Friends
  • Guy
  • You

• We must have a clear head and a clear-cut stand to confidently boycott those trains of thoughts that attempt to Westernise China, separate China and bring chaos to China.

  

  Zhou Yongkang
  • Thoughts
  • Chaos
  • Stand

• So, for instance, if you came to me, I'd ask, 'Do you want to write? Do you want to improvise? Why do you want to play this instrument? What do you want to do?'

  

  Ornette Coleman
  • Want
  • Play
  • Instrument

• What I am really curious about is the visuals of cinema... the form.

  

  Valeria Golino
  • Cinema
  • Curious

• I have a very big family and a lot of friends, and buying presents is one of my favorite things to do.

  

  L'Wren Scott
  • Family
  • Friends
  • Favorite

• I am a very spiritual person and love travelling to religious places. I go to the Golden Temple, Tirupati Balaji and Vaishno Devi every year.

  

  Madhur Bhandarkar
  • Love
  • Religious
  • Spiritual

• I am going to be the next Ryan Gosling.

  

  Zach Galifianakis
  • Ryan Gosling

• The principle of Sturgeon's Razor states that the simplest answer to any problem is 90% crap.

  

  Aaron Allston
  • Problem
  • Answer
  • Principle

• I have never refused to talk to any authorities or give them any information I had.

  

  Sam Sheppard
  • Never
  • Information
  • Talk

• I think, you know, it was something that I really wanted. I wanted so much to have a son or daughter. We adopted a son. And it was just the most wonderful thing. I think the only thing that was difficult for both Maury and myself were the sleepless nights.

  

  Connie Chung
  • Son
  • Daughter

• When I started 'Third Watch,' I knew I was going to be with the firefighters and lifting, so I was doing yoga, running, and swimming - all at the same time. I didn't have a kid then. Now I don't have time for that. I want to spend time with my son and my husband, so it's mainly just yoga now.

  

  Kim Raver
  • Time
  • Running
  • Son

• Without women's full inclusion at the decision making table, we cannot have any healthy decision making that is good for men and women alike.

  

  Zainab Salbi
  • Good
  • Men
  • Women

• The Toyota style is not to create results by working hard. It is a system that says there is no limit to people's creativity. People don't go to Toyota to 'work' they go there to 'think'.

  

  Taiichi Ohno
  • People
  • Work
  • Thinking

• Boys always like to see girls kiss. I don't get it; girls don't want to see boys kiss.

  

  Dominique Swain
  • Kiss

• I was 36 when I had my first son, Thomas, and 39 when I had Hugo, my second.

  

  Joanna Coles
  • Son