Jodi Kantor Quotes
I guess there were things about the Obamas I discovered that I do think are universal to marriage. I found it very interesting in my reporting that their most difficult periods in the White House almost never seemed to coincide. When one was down, the other one was holding it together. In my experience, that's true of marriage generally.Jodi Kantor
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Metro never really wanted me for anything. I was always the one who happened to be free when their first choice was not.
Laraine Day -
Are there differences between black actors' opportunities and white actors' opportunities? Yes, there are. It's been said.
Idris Elba -
I've had five weddings but if I'm really honest and if I count significant de factos... I've had nine husbands... which sounds appalling but when you consider I started at 18 and I'm 65 it's not so bad.
Jacki Weaver -
I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.
Karen Salmansohn -
If you're a good choice maker, you can choose the best emotional responses and choose the best new life paths, forward and upward.
Karen Salmansohn -
I never told a victim story about my imprisonment. Instead, I told a transformation story - about how prison changed my outlook, about how I saw that communication, truth, and trust are at the heart of power.
Fernando Flores
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The only thing I miss on stage is the falsetto.
Barry Gibb Bee Gees -
In this case, the particle formed has correspondingly less energy, whereas the product nucleus passes into the ground state with emission of the quantity of energy saved as gamma radiation.
Walther Bothe -
When you start to work with someone, there's a negotiation that takes place involving what's going to happen when you have a difference of opinion. Most attempts at collaboration never survive the negotiation. Merely being agreeable is not enough.
Walter Becker China Crisis -
Economics has paid a terrible price for its dalliances with the Keynesian and neoclassical theories.
Edmund Phelps -
I am not maternal at all. I don't have any kids.
Octavia Spencer -
We are constantly competing with the monsters from the id.
Walter Becker China Crisis
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Human well-being is not a random phenomenon. It depends on many factors - ranging from genetics and neurobiology to sociology and economics. But, clearly, there are scientific truths to be known about how we can flourish in this world. Wherever we can have an impact on the well-being of others, questions of morality apply.
Sam Harris -
It was just one of those moments in the universe that was mine.
Carlton Fisk -
If you have a startup that's keeping it up at night because you think it's so great, then you should do that.
Sam Altman -
Portraying Pocahontas' story well was important to me because she was a real person and these were real events in her life.
Q'orianka Kilcher -
Real Texans want their kids to have the best education possible, not the one politicians looking to brag about budget cuts have left us with.
Wendy Davis -
Men fall in love with their eyes - they like what they see - and women fall in love with their ears - they like what they hear!
Zsa Zsa Gabor
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The process may seem strange and yet it is very true. I did not so much gain the knowledge of things by the words, as words by the experience I had of things.
Plutarch -
I analyze religious knowledge and consciousness.
Youssef Ziedan -
With actors like Steve McQueen, Paul Newman and Harrison Ford, what made them such icons is that even in dramatic movies, their characters had a sense of humor.
Patrick Wilson -
For me he's just a hoax. It's empty. It's not interesting. It's dead. Citizen Kane, which I have a copy of - is all the critics' darling, always at the top of every poll taken, but I think it's a total bore. Above all, the performances are worthless. The amount of respect that movie's got is absolutely unbelievable.
Ingmar Bergman -
Evictions used to be rare in this country. They used to draw crowds. There are scenes in literature where you can come upon an eviction - like, in 'Invisible Man' there's the famous eviction scene in Harlem, and people are gathered around, and they move the family back in.
Matthew Desmond -
I guess there were things about the Obamas I discovered that I do think are universal to marriage. I found it very interesting in my reporting that their most difficult periods in the White House almost never seemed to coincide. When one was down, the other one was holding it together. In my experience, that's true of marriage generally.
Jodi Kantor