Uwem Akpan Quotes
I'd say my religious life has shaped my worldview; my writing, I'd say too, is an extension of the pulpit...it reaches folks who don't care for organized religion in a different way.Uwem Akpan
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I think comedy has evolved like every art form, and people probably do less standing around and telling jokes, and more things that have to do with reality.
Adam Carolla -
Tone can be as important as text.
Ed Koch -
It delights me that I don't fit the stereotype of an actress.
Danica McKellar -
GIS, in its digital manifestation of geography, goes beyond just the science. It provides us a framework and a process for applying geography. It brings together observational science and measurement and integrates it with modeling and prediction, analysis, and interpretation so that we can understand things.
Jack Dangermond -
Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
Sammi Hanratty -
There's such a preoccupation with liquidity and such an unwillingness to invest beyond the horizon of the next quarter and making sure that the CEOs hit their quarterly earnings.
Edmund Phelps
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Banks are concerned the central bank is imposing too many regulations. If the trend continues, we'll swing to heavy regulation. We need to have balanced regulation to encourage the economy.
Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair -
I bought a company in the mid-'90s called Dexter Shoe and paid $400 million for it. And it went to zero. And I gave about $400 million worth of Berkshire stock, which is probably now worth $400 billion. But I've made lots of dumb decisions. That's part of the game.
Warren Buffett -
I never felt a need to manipulate my career from the outside - try to be someone I wasn't to get ahead.
Randy Harrison -
I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more.
Harry Caray -
People think I'm just an old Luddite, but that's untrue. I buy every new gizmo as it comes out, play with it until I understand how it works, and then give it away.
Felix Dennis -
My number one goal is to love, support and be there for my son.
Farrah Fawcett
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In tight quarters, it's important to choose small-scale items.
Candice Olson -
I believe in the 'Wal-Mart' school of business. The less people pay, the more they enjoy it.
Garth Brooks -
I was doing these music videos online for a couple years, and they'd be doing well to varying degrees. And I released an album, and with the album, I released three new music videos, and one of them was featured on Jezebel.
Rachel Bloom -
I think it's a mistake to go after someone just based on looks. But I always respond to people who don't act that interested in me.
Navi Rawat -
It is one thing to tell the citizens of some faraway country to go to hell, but it is another to do the same to your own citizens, who are supposedly your ultimate sovereigns.
Ha-Joon Chang -
It's very difficult, I think, especially on two cellphones, to have a romantic conversation.
Rainbow Rowell
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Folly loves the martyrdom of fame.
Lord Byron -
We are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in search of our future. We are a people in search of a national community.
Barbara Jordan -
I don't think I've ever been in love, I'm sure I will be some day. I've had enormous crushes, although I've never been into the Brad Pitt thing.
Natalie Portman -
Good food and a warm kitchen are what makes a house a home. I always tried to make my home like my mother's, because Mom was magnificent at stretching a buck when it came to decorating and food. Like a true Italian, she valued beautification in every area of her life, and I try to do the same.
Rachael Ray -
We judge people in areas where we're vulnerable to shame, especially picking folks who are doing worse than we're doing.
Brené Brown -
I'd say my religious life has shaped my worldview; my writing, I'd say too, is an extension of the pulpit...it reaches folks who don't care for organized religion in a different way.
Uwem Akpan