Rowan Williams (Rowan Douglas Williams) Quotes

One of the most powerful defences the media can offer for controversial actions is, of course, public interest.

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• We are skinny; this is our work. There are lots of overweight people working in offices, but I'm not going to say, 'This girl is fat; she can't work in an office.'

  

  Valentina Zelyaeva
  • People
  • Work
  • She

• I use honey to condition my hair and eggs for protein. Also, mayonnaise and olive oil are great options for keeping it moisturized.

  

  Tasha Smith
  • Great
  • Hair
  • Oil

• The leader of the market today may not necessarily be the leader tomorrow.

  

  Ma Huateng
  • May
  • Today
  • Leader

• Every drama requires a cast. The cast may be so huge, as in Leo Tolstoy's 'Anna Karenina,' that the author or editor provides a list of characters to keep them straight. Or it may be an intimate cast of two.

  

  Nancy Kress
  • May
  • Drama
  • Author

• A man notices a woman's figure when she walks in a room. Women have eight million words for blue; a man says dark blue or light blue.

  

  Hallie Ephron
  • Women
  • Man
  • Words

• I hate dentists. That's why my tooth fell out. I was in the middle of a root canal and wouldn't go back, so it just dropped out when I was in the middle of Fifth Avenue.

  

  Kate Moss
  • Why
  • Hate
  • Go

• It is perfectly possible to live a very moral life without a belief in God, and I think it's perfectly possible to live a life peppered with ill-doing and believe in God.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Life
  • God
  • Believe

• I left home at 15 because Hollywood isn't the best place to grow up.

  

  Samuel Goldwyn
  • Up
  • Home
  • Best

• We actually believe Windows 8 is the new era for the PC plus. We believe with a single push of a button you can move seamlessly in and out of both worlds. We believe you can have touch, a pen, a mouse, and a keyboard.

  

  B. Kevin Turner
  • Believe
  • Single
  • New

• Obviously, my label would want me to be on the radio all the time, but that's not my personal goal.

  

  Charli XCX
  • Time

• There's an indie movie I did called 'Fat Kid Rules the World,' which was based on a teen book, and it's a fabulous story, and hopefully it'll go to theaters because it is an amazing story.

  

  Lili Simmons
  • World
  • Book
  • Movie

• It's fundamentally unfair to have so much of the tax relief go to so few. And it is a 10-year tax plan rather than one, as mine, focused on the next two years, which in my opinion is the critical time to jumpstart the economy.

  

  Bob Graham
  • Time
  • Opinion

• The stock market can be down, but the stock market is not an indication of where people's spirits and enthusiam are, and where their intellectual energy is.

  

  James Daly
  • People
  • Energy
  • Stock

• The American people overwhelmingly oppose taxpayer funding of abortions, and it's no different in Arizona, where we have long-standing policy against subsidizing them with public dollars.

  

  Doug Ducey
  • People
  • Different
  • Long

• Fashion should be a daily convenience, not a daily chore.

  

  Jennifer Hyman
  • Fashion
  • Daily

• Typically in a panic, corporate bonds sell off as investors fear weaker growth, tighter financial conditions, or need liquidity.

  

  Kelly Evans
  • Fear
  • Growth
  • Financial

• You can't expect that because you find a story and report it out that your newspaper and broadcasting company is going to want to publish and broadcast it - and you're going to be a hero.

  

  Lowell Bergman
  • Hero

• The possibility of saying anything about a thing rests on the assumption that it preserves its identity, or continues to be the same thing in the respect described, that it will behave in future situations as it has in past.

  

  Frank Knight
  • Future
  • Past
  • Respect

• I'd like to be a superhero or a supervillain in a huge action movie. I want to play, like, the Joker or something like that.

  

  Jake Paul
  • Movie
  • Action
  • Superhero

• You have to understand that Roger Ailes was a king. He was on the cover of multiple industry publications as the most powerful man in news. And at Fox News, there was no one else with power. So you didn't want to get on the wrong side of him because he was actually beloved inside the building and very well-liked in the industry.

  

  Megyn Kelly
  • Power
  • Powerful
  • King

• Ratings are a long, slow process to change, ... We are happy to take the time.

  

  Jonathan Klein
  • Change
  • Process
  • Ratings

• My dad had the greatest admiration for MacArthur when they were working together in Washington before the Philippines. And Dad used to talk with absolute awe about MacArthur's brain.

  

  John Eisenhower
  • Together
  • Dad
  • Brain

• If He isn't Lord of all, He isn't Lord at all.

  

  Curtis Martin
  • Lord
  • All

• One of the most powerful defences the media can offer for controversial actions is, of course, public interest.

  

  Rowan Williams
  • Action
  • Powerful
  • Interest