Whitney Wolfe Herd Quotes
I always felt that, for me, as a woman, I always had to wait around. In all other arenas, I was ambitious and a go-getter, but when it came to dating, I wasn't supposed to go after what I wanted.
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I'm old enough to remember in the 1930s and the 1940s when thrift, frugality, was considered an important virtue.
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No matter how close to yours another's steps have grown, in the end there is one dance you'll do alone.
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I hope that on my tombstone it says 'Born 1933, died 2043.' I hope that's my legacy.
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I think it's flattering when people say I'm a role model, but I don't think I am. It depends on your outlook on the word 'role model.' I'm not perfect or anything. I just consider it a great compliment.
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It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God.
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Music for me is an emotional thing and it really does make me happy. It's not a tool for me to get fame or see my face in the papers or anything like that. It's about the fact that I really do enjoy it.
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I love to read. And right now I'm on my last hundred pages of 'The Corrections' by Jonathan Franzen, and I really enjoyed it. His writing is just - he's one of those writers where you just go, 'There are people just meant to be novel writers.'
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I am sure that the Ukrainian nation deserves a better life. That is why I have voted for good changes and for stability.
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I think it's unfair to criticise someone for not being Welsh, but the smaller the nation, the more patriotic you seem to be.
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I asked my parents for permission to study in America and they were so sure that I wouldn't get in and get a scholarship that they encouraged me to try. So I applied to Yale and got an excellent scholarship. I then worked for the Boston Consulting Group for six and half years.
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People don't want to pay 8 or 9 dollars to go see a problem that they have in their life, on screen. They pay to get away from that. That's why they watch soap operas.
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Above all, we must avoid the pitfalls of tribalism. If we are divided among ourselves on tribal lines, we open our doors to foreign intervention and its potentially harmful consequences.
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Flexibility is crucial to my fitness. Incorporating a good warm-up and cool-down into every session decreases my chances of injury. I use both dynamic and static stretching in my training. I've starting doing a few yoga sessions which incorporates muscle strength and flexibility.
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I can't do anything in moderation.
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I think people are too hard on the Pistols. The Pistols started the whole punk thing and never saw much money.
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I grew up in New York, and for the first ten years of my life, we lived across from the Metropolitan Museum. When I was an adult, I moved back to that neighborhood and lived there again.
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I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.
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My knee has always given me problems. But it got to the point where I actually had to start giving up things. And I hate that.
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For me, baseball is the most nourishing game outside of literature. They both are re-tellings of human experience.
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I'm mad for satin.
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I always tell my children, 'You have to face your fear. If not, it's like running from a dog that will bite you in the back.'
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I can't figure out how you can hire a coach and tell him how you want him to play.
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I always felt that, for me, as a woman, I always had to wait around. In all other arenas, I was ambitious and a go-getter, but when it came to dating, I wasn't supposed to go after what I wanted.
