John Greenleaf Whittier Quotes
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I was initially very interested in public policy, but then after my masters at Harvard, I felt that it was important to get a better handle on the economics of it as well. I did my Ph.D. in macroeconomics, and my thesis - 'Why Is It That Some Countries Save And Others Not?' - was on savings.
Dambisa Moyo -
Adding 'just kidding' doesn't make it okay to insult the Principal.
Nancy Cartwright -
I think it is the fact that birds are two-legged, like us, which gives them something of our balance and gesture and makes them nearer to us.
Quentin Blake -
The great thing about America is I've never felt like an outsider. I'm just a different piece of the puzzle.
Pardis Sabeti -
Ask any teenage girl to describe her perfect bedroom, and you'll get answers like 'a room with a private phone line, a place to hang out with friends, and for it to be way-cool and funky.' Ask parents the same question, and 'a locked door that opens on their 21st birthday' might top the list!
Candice Olson -
When I make a film, I am hoping to reinvent the genre a little bit. I just do it my way. I make my own little Quentin versions of them... I consider myself a student of cinema. It's almost like I am going for my professorship in cinema, and the day I die is the day I graduate. It is a lifelong study.
Quentin Tarantino
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I just don't think men fancy me.
Gail Porter -
Babies are smart. They can tell the difference between a responsive face and a blank face, wiped clean of emotion.
Madeleine M. Kunin -
I'm really silly. That's the thing that people don't get.
Taraji P. Henson -
I knew I wanted considerable education so that I wouldn't have to work as hard as my parents.
Ferid Murad -
I was always a writer – working on campaigns was never a profession for me. It was something I did on the side, really, so the trajectory hasn't been a political operative who likes to dabble in writing and finds himself into stumbling on film and TV – that was always my goal.
Beau Willimon -
I do not believe the American people are going to confuse hatred for passion.
Ed Gillespie
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I don't particularly like L.A.
Walter Becker Steely Dan -
I was so excited to work with Ridley Scott. Who wouldn't be?
Natalie Dormer -
If the novelist shares his or her problems with the characters, he or she is able to study his personal unconscious.
Manuel Puig -
Two records put me over the top with hip-hop. One of them was 'Planet Rock,' and the other had no lyrics – it was called 'Numbers,' from a group called Kraftwerk. Every kid in the 'hood in New York and New Jersey was popping, locking, and breaking to that record. It was the hottest track on the street at the time.
Queen Latifah -
I don't know that a lot of boys read 'Rookie', but we get quite a few nice comments and e-mails from them. To say I'm devoted to making it girls-only is a little extreme, because I don't actively try to exclude everyone else, just make sure girls know that this space is for them first and foremost.
Tavi Gevinson -
God has just given me such an amazing journey and able to play; it's been so much fun. I'm having a blast!
Bailee Madison
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Climate change and dependence on foreign oil are problems that won't go away on their own. Tabling plans to deal with them doesn't make it easier for companies to plan and invest; it makes it harder.
Christina Romer -
I don't have time to have friends come and stay, except on weekends in Maine. I invite a lot of people to come to Maine.
Martha Stewart -
I have been very fortunate in my life. I think I have an angel that is always with me. Good projects always come to me.
Kate del Castillo -
Life is ever lord of DeathAnd Love can never lose its own.
John Greenleaf Whittier