Eva Mendes Quotes

People in my inner circle of loved ones - we're tight and I've never misjudged someone as far as I know; I can feel someone's intentions, I know their intentions before they probably are honest enough with themselves to know it, so that's my strength.

Eva Mendes

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• I see my daft surname as a positive thing. It first dawned on me that I had a comical name when someone called me 'Fishface' on my first day at school. I've heard all the fish jokes since then, many times over.

  

  Laura Haddock
  • School
  • Day
  • Positive

• My dad only ever talked about two things: bicycles and Mercedes.

  

  Raf Simons
  • Dad
  • Two
  • Ever

• I know my corn plants intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them.

  

  Barbara McClintock
  • Great
  • Pleasure
  • Plants

• Starting in business is like getting married... there is really no good time and no bad time. The time is now.

  

  E. Joseph Cossman
  • Time
  • Good
  • Business

• I feel like I missed a whole period of my childhood because I had a bunch of stressful things happen to me when I was like 17, 18, when people usually feel the most free in life, like going to college and like anything is possible.

  

  Jack Antonoff Fun.
  • People
  • Life
  • Free

• The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.

  

  Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • Country
  • Done
  • History

• I love the Victorian era, and I always have, but I had a leg up on the writing because I was familiar with a lot of the science from the Victorian era. And that led to a massive interest in the science of this time of history.

  

  Gail Carriger
  • Up
  • Time
  • Writing

• I'm from New York. My grandparents were settlers of Long Island City. When they came here, there was no bridge, and they had to hire a boat across the river. They had a farm, and my grandmother had to go once a week to Manhattan to buy provisions - very primitive.

  

  Iris Apfel
  • Long
  • City
  • Grandmother

• That's a beautiful thing. The more successful you are, the more people are going to come and be a part of music.

  

  Zara Larsson
  • People
  • Music
  • Beautiful

• There are certain songs that just stick around and do something that transcends whatever time they were written in. Through different eras, people are able to impart different meaning to the song, and they become part of some sort of consciousness.

  

  Beck
  • People
  • Time
  • Different

• I always try to be nice to the paparazzi because finally, maybe one day, they won't ask for me, and I will regret it.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • Nice
  • Day
  • Regret

• I still sing on bits and pieces. Singing's something that I love to do, but it's not something that I pursue as a career.

  

  Idris Elba
  • Love
  • Career
  • Singing

• The politician's promises of yesterday are the taxes of today.

  

  Mackenzie King
  • Today
  • Taxes
  • Promises

• That's a real problem when people bring exotics into their homes. Sometimes it's by accident, but sometimes it's on purpose.

  

  Edith Widder
  • People
  • Real
  • Problem

• I am an inventor of music.

  

  Igor Stravinsky
  • Music
  • Inventor

• David Bowie and Boy George created a safely contained theatrical expression of gay style.

  

  Lance Loud
  • Style
  • Boy
  • Gay

• For me, if I have the choice between an extra 45 minutes in bed or getting up at 4:30 A.M. to go to the gym, I will always choose bed.

  

  Caitriona Balfe
  • Up
  • Me
  • Choice

• Call waiting was, for me, that was like the best invention ever, because there was four kids in my family, and to get on the phone was impossible.

  

  Maggie Carey
  • Family
  • Kids
  • Best

• Some people keep God in a Sunday morning box and say, 'Hey, I did my religious duty.' That's fine, but the scripture says to pray without ceasing. And I think that means all through the day you're talking to God. Even if it's in your thoughts.

  

  Joel Osteen
  • People
  • God
  • Morning

• Elite warriors, when they accomplish their mission, they celebrate.

  

  Urban Meyer

• I love Sell Out, I think it's great. I love the jingles. The whole thing as an album is a wonderful piece of work. The cover. Everything about it. It's got humor, great songs, irony.

  

  Roger Daltrey The Who
  • Work
  • Great

• If you want someone to show up and execute your script for you, seriously, there are a lot of great people out there. Don't call me.

  

  Jeff Nichols
  • People
  • Up
  • Great

• People in my inner circle of loved ones - we're tight and I've never misjudged someone as far as I know; I can feel someone's intentions, I know their intentions before they probably are honest enough with themselves to know it, so that's my strength.

  

  Eva Mendes
  • People
  • I Know
  • Intentions