Alisa Valdes Quotes

At leat I'm not crazy and out of control. At least I don't feel the need to tell the whole world about every single problem in my life.

Alisa Valdes

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Both my parents are immigrants. I've seen different struggles they've had. There's a reason you don't see me using accents. I don't do impressions of my folks. When I'm doing a crappy impression of my folks, and you're laughing, I'm thinking, 'When my parents talk to people, when they walk away do people do impressions of them? Do they laugh?'

Hari Kondabolu
Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.

Taslima Nasrin
- Always
- Religious
- Books
That's why I talk about the breast cancer: because I want women - and everyone - to stay on top of things and get checked. I know how scary it can be. When I dealt with it, I was like, 'Oh my God.' And I have so many other friends who have gone through it or have suffered a loss.

Wanda Sykes
- God
- Women
- Why
I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.

Vera Wang
- Music
- Always
- Dresses
I just kept it real and had the freedom to do what I want. It's not designed for any age group. It's not made for radio. There are no edits. The whole album contains explicit lyrics but that's because you need it.

Vanilla Ice
- Real
- Age
- Want
My father did irrigation jobs, and I would sometimes accompany him, and that gave me a taste of what was going on in the innards of India.

Imtiaz Ali
- Father
- Sometimes
- Jobs