Lady Gaga (Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta) Quotes
		
	 
	
		
	
	
	
		I want to change the pop world one sequin at a time. Artists tend to take themselves way too seriously and don't enjoy the fun of making an impact on culture. I just have a good time and sequins represent a good time.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lady Gaga 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Quentin Crisp 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You've got the Trump water and Trump Steaks and Trump's very so-called dodgy university. And so many of the towers, the Trump towers around the world, the Trump resorts around the world, those are not owned by the Trump Organization. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Naomi Klein 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		After I won the Newbery Medal for 'From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler,' children all over the world let me know that they liked books that take them to unusual places where they meet unusual people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				E. L. Konigsburg 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The best reason why Monarchy is a strong government is, that it is an intelligible government. The mass of mankind understand it, and they hardly anywhere in the world understand any other. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Walter Bagehot 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Unlike most youngsters who have school as their 'second home' where they meet and make friends, for me playtime has been at the Gopichand Badminton Academy in Hyderabad. When I am not playing a tournament, my days are spent at the Academy with my coaches, physiotherapists and colleagues, who are like family. We laugh and have so much fun. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Saina Nehwal 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There's not a day in my life I'm not proud of being gay, but I just wasn't ready for that attention to be placed on it. I remember being on Oprah. Well, not on Oprah. Near Oprah. She started saying, 'Now, Nathan, you got all those girlie moves going down in 'The Birdcage,' where's all that coming from? You're so good at all that girlie stuff!' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nathan Lane 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I can't really see myself as an artist. Now, to step out here and there, do it when I feel like it, that's a possibility. But for me to be a full-fledged, full-time artist in the industry, I don't think so. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				T.I. 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've been in the public eye so long, I can't remember how it was when it was different - from my mid-20s onwards, when my career started to blossom and I became an international, world cups and things. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gary Lineker 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		'Black Messiah' is a hell of a name for an album. It can easily be misunderstood. Many will think it's about religion. Some will jump to the conclusion that I'm calling myself a Black Messiah. For me, the title is about all of us. It's about the world. It's about an idea we can all aspire to. We should all aspire to be a Black Messiah. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				D'Angelo 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You don't have to be scared of me, because I am loyal. Why are people so scared of creative ideas and so scared of truth? All I want to do is do good. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kanye West 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I sometimes feel it is to my disadvantage that I have not conducted the Cleveland Orchestra or the Boston or Chicago symphonies, but then I have had to sacrifice something in order to have enough time with my orchestras. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zubin Mehta 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In this world, you can choose to be positive, or you can choose to be negative. You can choose to see things through a set of eyes that sees good, or you can choose to see things in life that aren't so good. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jack Harbaugh 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Men we shall have only as we make manhood the object of the work of the schools - intelligence, broad sympathy, knowledge of the world that was and is, and of the relation of men to it - this is the curriculum of that Higher Education which must underlie true life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				W. E. B. Du Bois 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When you have teachers saying, 'I don't have enough time for hands-on activities,' we need to rethink the way we do education. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mae Jemison 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Because our fight has been for such a long time we are isolated from the world, even after reconstruction we don't have much attention from people outside. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Hanoi Hannah 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Good psychology should include all the methodological techniques, without having loyalty to one method, one idea, or one person. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Abraham Maslow 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was swept by the narrative structure of film... you can create a world, you can destroy it, you can do what you want with it and serve it to people just the way you like. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Karan Johar 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I used to think 'King Lear' was an analysis of insanity, but I don't really think it is. When Lear is supposed to be at his most insane, he is actually understanding the world for the first time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ian Mckellen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		When I did the record, I was coming off a time when my contract had been sold and the music industry had changed a lot. I didn't understand how to make records for big labels. I was waiting for a new kind of record label to emerge. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Matthew Sweet 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The bold adventurer succeeds the best. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ovid 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		People ask me what I do in my spare time, and I look at them blankly, truly believing that I don't even have spare time, and if I did, I'd probably use it for something mundane, like chipping away at the mound of laundry rising to dangerous proportions in the back room. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kim Harrison 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I worry about every newspaper. I worry about the financial undertaking, and I worry that somehow the loss of the sale of the paper version will affect their ability to have journalists and editors and producers. We really need those. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jeffrey Zeldman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It is always wise, as it is also fair, to test a man by the standards of his own day, and not by those of another. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Odell Shepard 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I want to change the pop world one sequin at a time. Artists tend to take themselves way too seriously and don't enjoy the fun of making an impact on culture. I just have a good time and sequins represent a good time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lady Gaga