Teju Cole Quotes
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I'm a mother of three. I don't really have the time to put very elaborate outfits together, so I keep it casual but dress it up with shoes, a bag, and jewellery.
Camila Alves -
I live in Derry, a little town in Ireland, and I don't have the background of Hollywood or Broadway.
Damian McGinty -
I happen to miss the Constitution; I thought it was a good document.
Samantha Power -
Buying a matching blouse and skirt from the same store is a crime. A clever mix of chic and cheap hits the jackpot. Know how to mix styles and labels.
Ines de La Fressange -
My entry into the environmental arena was through the issue that so dramatically - and destructively - demonstrates the link between science and social action: nuclear weapons.
Barry Commoner -
I had to quit ballet because it felt like a part of me was dying inside.
Zoe Saldana
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'The Moon Rabbit' is laying against the bunker, dreaming and thinking about life and dreaming the impossible possible and creating its own true stories.
Florentijn Hofman -
I want to have a career in 10, 20 years, so it's harder now, and maybe more stressful now, but in the future, hopefully it will all pay off.
Verite -
Gujarat is the fourth state in the world where we have a separate climate-change department.
Narendra Modi -
We've persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people - a belief that out of the ashes of war, a new beginning could be born in this cradle of civilization. Through this remarkable chapter in the history of the United States and Iraq, we have met our responsibility. Now, it's time to turn the page.
Barack Obama -
In high school I had B's and C's, not too many A's, but I must have done well on that medical school test, and I must have had some charisma in the interview, so I ended up in medicine. Being a general practitioner was all I aspired to.
Barry Marshall -
I bounce my knees, but I do not have restless leg syndrome. I did an interview, I don't even know who it was with, and they said I told them I have restless leg syndrome and it distracts me from my work. I do not have any syndrome.
Taylor Lautner
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I grew up learning from a father who said, 'When you make a mistake or you make a bad decision, you man up and take responsibility.'
Lane Garrison -
'The Museum of Innocence' is not about politics; it's a love story, but I think it's political in the sense that it wants to capture how a man suppresses a woman.
Orhan Pamuk -
The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
Carl Sagan -
Religion has nothing to do with God. It's a fundamental attitude of human beings, who ask about the origins of life and what happens after death. For many, the answer is a personal god. In my opinion, it's religion that produces God, not the other way round.
Umberto Eco -
There is no music that can't be used politically, but the motives behind the creation of that music can be non-political.
Earle Brown -
For some reason, people look at me and laugh. I don't know why.
Zooey Deschanel
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I definitely feel sorry more people don't get to see my films. They aren't inaccessible, and if people got the chance to see them, I know they'd like them.
Andrea Arnold -
If London is the Emerald City, then Los Angeles is what exists at the other end of the yellow brick road.
Monika Chiang -
There are many who are lip servants but not life servants.
William Jenkyn -
There are very few people who are creative and imaginative. Therefore, fiction is difficult for people to embrace.
Rita Mae Brown -
Some players win a lot of trophies, but few leave a mark on life, ... Andre will leave a mark that will last longer than those who did more statistically because he had an impact on people's lives.
Nick Bollettieri -
The energies of Lagos life- creative, malevolent, ambiguous- converge at the bus stops
Teju Cole