Halima Aden Quotes

I made a lot of mistakes growing up, trying so hard to fit in. I got so lost trying to please everybody.

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• I could see myself in some sort of pioneer bonnet, it's my childhood fantasy, but I think I look too Jewish for the prairie.

  

  Rachel Dratch
  • Think
  • Myself
  • Childhood

• All fashion brands are about looking good. Being Human is also about doing good. And you can do good by the simple act of slipping into a t-shirt or a pair of jeans.

  

  Salman Khan
  • Good
  • Simple
  • Fashion

• I used to conduct the last opera in Berlin on Sunday, get on a plane on Monday to Chicago, and start a rehearsal that same night, if it was a performance week.

  

  Daniel Barenboim
  • Night
  • Same
  • Chicago

• As the great grandchildren of the industrial revolution, we have learned, at last, that the heedless pursuit of more is unsustainable and, ultimately, unfulfilling. Our planet, our security, our sense of equanimity and our very souls demand something better, something different.

  

  Gary Hamel
  • Great
  • Different
  • Revolution

• I don't like baseball movies. I like movies about moral courage and people who are indomitable and courageous and right.

  

  Harrison Ford
  • People
  • Moral
  • Courage

• The greatest things are accomplished by individual people, not by committees or companies.

  

  Fay Weldon
  • People
  • Individual
  • Greatest

• I can't see myself just endlessly singing the same songs over and over again.

  

  Sade Adu
  • Myself
  • Singing
  • See

• 'Vanity' means worthlessness.

  

  Vanity
  • Means
  • Vanity
  • Worthlessness

• I'm very fortunate to have gotten past the cancer problem.

  

  Jack Ramsay
  • Past
  • Problem
  • Cancer

• As President, I will end once and for all the use of taxpayer funds to promote the National Endowment for the Arts and other programs that subsidize amoral and degrading activities.

  

  Gary Bauer
  • End
  • President
  • Arts

• It was a complex endeavor so without Robert Redford's constant support we wouldn't have gotten to the end.

  

  Walter Salles
  • Support
  • End
  • Complex

• When 'Carmen' premiered in 1875, it was panned by the critics. It survived 45 performances. It was called a musical and moral outrage. After Bizet died, at age 37, 'Carmen' became wildly popular. If you believe in your creation, and the rest of the world is laughing or yelling 'Boo,' don't give up.

  

  Karen DeCrow
  • Up
  • World
  • Believe

• I'm an outsider.

  

  Jack Levine
  • Outsider

• I have been five minutes too late all my life-time!

  

  Hannah Cowley
  • Life
  • Time
  • Late

• I have a dining room done in different shades of white, with white cushions embroidered in yellow silk: the effect is absolutely delightful and the room beautiful.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Different
  • Effect
  • Delightful

• It costs more money to put a person on death row than it does to lock them up for the rest of their lives because of attorney fees.

  

  Gary Johnson
  • Up
  • Money
  • Death

• I was fortunate to have teachers that were flexible with allowing me to miss more class than I was supposed to be able to, for the sake of being able to tour.

  

  G-Eazy
  • Me
  • Fortunate
  • Miss

• In a marketplace where it's so easy to produce products, where your competitors can essentially match you on the product itself, you need to have something else. You need to have an added value, and that added value is the identity, the idea behind your brand.

  

  Naomi Klein
  • Value
  • Identity
  • Brand

• Theatre is all about the process and the sense of community that is created. You have weeks of rehearsal, time to explore your character and get to know the other actors. There is opportunity to try off-the-wall ideas, to find layers and nuance over weeks. You become like a second family with your cast.

  

  Dan Amboyer
  • Time
  • Family
  • Character

• Every one of my guy friends I played baseball with were Backstreet Boys fans as well. So it's not something I felt like I needed to hide.

  

  Chris Lane
  • Friends
  • Guy
  • Baseball

• I think the best SF writers are very aware of what we, in the scientific community, are doing, thinking, and discovering.

  

  David Grinspoon
  • Thinking
  • Community

• At the end of the day, you're responsible for yourself and your actions and that's all you can control. So rather than be frustrated with what you can't control, try to fix the things you can.

  

  Kevin Garnett
  • Control

• When I get up in the morning and put on a pink or a green wig, I see myself as a piece of animation. It lets me be the person I want to be, a person who's not embarrassed to have fun.

  

  Nicki Minaj
  • Up
  • Fun
  • Morning

• I made a lot of mistakes growing up, trying so hard to fit in. I got so lost trying to please everybody.

  

  Halima Aden
  • Up
  • Trying
  • Growing