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

• I was doing a late-night round as a milkman in 1978 when I heard a radio DJ announce that he was leaving. I marched straight to the radio station and told them I could do better. For some reason, they gave me a go.

  

  Alan Dale
  • Night
  • Leaving

• 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

• Describing Woodstock as the 'big bang,' I think that's a great way to describe it, because the important thing about it wasn't how many people were there or that it was a lot of truly wonderful music that got played.

  

  David Crosby The Byrds
  • People
  • Great
  • Music

• 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

• Nothing is better than the moment you have Michael Bolton dressed as Forrest Gump and you see it in action.

  

  Akiva Schaffer
  • Action

• It is easier to talk about doing things than doing them. Many of us want to exercise more, eat more healthy, be kinder to our loved ones, etc., but unless we have specific milestones about how to do this, our intentions do not match our actions. The HR milestones we lay out offer specific steps along the longer journey to HR transformation.

  

  Dave Ulrich
  • Action
  • Journey
  • Exercise

• When I prepare for a match, it's like work, even the way I have to shower and put on my makeup.

  

  Alex Morgan
  • Work
  • Makeup

• These will be fabulous investments and will make millions of more people rich.

  

  Jim Cramer
  • People

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

  

  Rowan Williams
  • Action
  • Powerful
  • Interest