Halima Aden Quotes
The fashion industry really welcomed me with open arms and open hearts. They've been very accepting of my faith. I have strict wardrobe requirements, and that's something they've upheld.
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Hollywood is the only thing more ridiculous than Silicon Valley. There's nowhere else where it's stranger.
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Underwriting is probably the smallest part of our business.
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A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.
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Oh, I had, 'No one will ever fancy me!' I had that well into my teens. Even now I do not consider myself to be some kind of great, sexy beauty. I don't mind the way I'm ageing. No reason to panic just yet. I think I look my age, and that's fine.
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I just like to stay a little quiet and just do my own thing. If I win a little more, I think I'll get a little bit more attention.
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The crew loves working on the show, even though we have to work really hard. There's nobody in the show that's difficult. We really have a great group.
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One thing that we decided very early in the relationship is that when he goes, we all go - the whole family.
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Washington and Congress are steeped in history and tradition, and that's been very male-oriented.
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I wanted a personal-finance tool for people who didn't want to be accountants: something you could set up in ten minutes and spend less than five minutes a week on. Mint is now that tool.
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My sister was always very motherly, babysitting and stuff.
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Rey is so strong. She's cool and smart and she can look after herself. Young girls can look at her and know that they can wear trousers if they want to. That they don't have to show off their bodies.
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It's time to face facts: Most people stop being environmentalists when they sit down to eat.
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Success is measured in months for me. When my health fails, it will fail quickly. Tumors grow on an exponential curve.
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I wanted to become a cartoon artist, a portrait artist, and an illustrator. This was my first idea.
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If you want to get your point across, you gotta cuss.
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Reading is a huge part of life.
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The United Nations system is still the best instrument for making the world less fragile.
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I made myself famous by writing 'songs' and lyrics about the beauty of the things I did and ugliness, too.
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The rest of us are still trying to find ways to live in the world with spirit-ual values. Myself included. We've learned certain skills, we've learned to prevail somewhat, but we've not made it over the mountain.
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The Cemetery of Forgotten Books is a metaphor, not just for books but for ideas, for language, for knowledge, for beauty, for all the things that make us human, for collecting memory.
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Yet my humble capacity has not preserved me from calumnies.
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The fashion industry really welcomed me with open arms and open hearts. They've been very accepting of my faith. I have strict wardrobe requirements, and that's something they've upheld.
