Geena Davis Quotes
I have an elbow that bends the wrong way, and I'd do things like stand in an elevator and the doors would close, and I'd pretend that my arm had got caught in it, and then I'd scream, 'Ow, ow, put it back!'
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The violinist must possess the poet's gift of piercing the protective hide which grows on propagandists, stockbrokers and slave traders, to penetrate the deeper truth which lies within.
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My mom used to tell me when I was little, 'When it rains, it's God's manifestation - a big day's waiting to happen.'
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I've always loved writing, and the impulse for me is storytelling. I don't sit down and think: 'What political message can I sell?' I love the creativity of it.
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Yeah, I'm from Jersey; it's almost like I was automatically born a Nets fan.
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Rohinton Mistry's celebrated novel 'Such a Long Journey' was pulled off the syllabus of Mumbai University because local extremists objected to its content.
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We're trying to make money, trying to add a zero onto our net worth.
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It's like someone important is missing from a party because you can't imagine an Olympic gymnastics competition without Romania.
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Gloves make you so much more delicate.
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To the European, it is a characteristic of the American culture that, again and again, one is commanded and ordered to 'be happy.' But happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue. One must have a reason to 'be happy.'
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As soon as I could talk, I chose shorts to wear.
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I find there's a thin, permeable membrane between journalism and history, and though some academic historians take a dim view of it, I gather a lot of strength and professional inspiration from passing back and forth across it.
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A great leader also has the ability to make people an inch taller in his presence.
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When I first arrived in America, the very first place I came was California, and I rented a house in Trance, which is about half an hour from Malibu.
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When women's consciousness was raised, women ended up seeing housework as their shit work ; when men's consciousness is raised, risking sexual rejection will be seen as the male shit work .
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The words of a President have an enormous weight and ought not to be used indiscriminately.
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Today, you are hated throughout the world. If you don't know this, you should. The peoples burn your flag. The Islamic peoples all over the world chant: 'Death to America!'
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I think kindness is actually under-rated. Especially with Silicon Valley - and probably in business in general - it's seen as being a pushover or ineffective as a leader.
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Disruption is a process, not an event, and innovations can only be disruptive relative to something else.
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For me, doing good work is important.
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Relief organizations both large and small are coordinating deliveries of food, clothing, water, and other basic necessities to those impacted by Katrina.
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The ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world are the ones who do.
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Because I don't do stand-up, radio has always been my equivalent, a place to stay in connection with the public and force myself to write every week and come up with new characters. Plus it's a medium that – having grown up with it and putting myself to sleep with a radio under my pillow as a kid – I love. No matter what picture you want to create in the listener's mind, a few minutes of work gets it done.
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I have an elbow that bends the wrong way, and I'd do things like stand in an elevator and the doors would close, and I'd pretend that my arm had got caught in it, and then I'd scream, 'Ow, ow, put it back!'
