Uzodinma Iweala Quotes
Around the world, our cities are not the idealised open, accessible, and cosmopolitan spaces of our dreams. More often than not, they are sectioned and controlled purviews of the radically wealthy, surrounded by clusters of have-nots.
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Strip away the usual hot air, and bin Laden's audiotape is the sign of a seriously weakened man.
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Adrienne Rich
I was always more of a Lydia Deeds than a Disney Princess, so anything offbeat like that, I would love to be a part of.
Ashleigh Murray
The song 'Stick'? That needed to be chunky and sexy. It's human. It's human to be the girl in 'Stick' and feel spicy as heck.
Jillian Rose Banks
I still like being in North of England and I keep a place there. But there are a lot of things about the Continent that are to be preferred. The social institutions work better, women have a better position in society and the food is another thing.
Andrew Eldritch
The Sisters of Mercy
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Mary Augusta Ward
Whatever show is on, I dress in that designer's clothes. Some of them were totally unwearable.
Kim Basinger
Women are so unforgiving of themselves. We don't recognize our own beauty because we're too busy comparing ourselves to other people.
Kelly Osbourne
The government does not deny it routinely spies to advance American economic advantage, which is part of its broad definition of how it protects American national security.
David E. Sanger
The question I ask myself is: have I really just become a squeamish middle-aged man, or has something happened to the horror genre that shows a growing appetite for watching torture, or at least a desire to explore it on film? And if so, why would that be? I can't pretend I know. I just know I don't like it.
Mark Gatiss
Sound quality was supposed to be one of the big selling points for CDs but, as we know, it wasn't very good at all. It was just another con, a get-rich-quick scheme, a monumental hoax perpetrated on the music consuming public.
John Mellencamp
Sometimes, things need to be so understated on film that I don't even see them as funny, which isn't my favorite style, comedically. When I watch film comedy, I like people that are a little bit more alive on the screen and wound up. I like volatility and unpredictability and other long words like those.
T. J. Miller
When disease took my legs, I eventually realized I didn't need them to lead a full, empowering life.
Amy Purdy
It's very easy for me to say what success is. I think success is connecting with an audience who understands you and having a dialogue with them. I think success is continuing to push yourself forward creatively and not sort of becoming a caricature of yourself.
Lena Dunham
When someone gets a success, and we, too, have done good work and sometimes even better work than the person who has just triumphed, we wonder: 'Why did success pass me by?'
Akhil Sharma
I think there's this great disconnect between youth culture and politics, which is a product of how our capitalist system works.
Amandla Stenberg
Around the world, our cities are not the idealised open, accessible, and cosmopolitan spaces of our dreams. More often than not, they are sectioned and controlled purviews of the radically wealthy, surrounded by clusters of have-nots.
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