Reshma Saujani Quotes
Coding is the language of the future, and every girl should learn it. As I've learned from watching girls grow and learn in our classrooms, coding is fun, collaborative and creative.
Quotes to Explore
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Everybody needs money, but I'm a fighter. For what I make, I'm happy with what I make. The money is not everything; it's about honor.
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I've got to be honest, there's no pleasure when you're working.
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There are parts of me that I feel are beautiful, but they don't have anything to do with my nose.
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I love painting so much that nothing else matters.
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Parts of the world can be very hostile to differences, social or artistic.
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What used to drive me was the fact that I wanted to be better than everybody at something. One of my best qualities is that I used whatever other people found to be an adverse thing to be a positive thing for myself.
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I grew up in a culturally radical home, where strong emotions were forbidden.
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A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.
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At the end of the day, my legacy will not be modelling but my cosmetics line.
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I like restraint, if it doesn't go too far.
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I guess I'm a bit of a romantic.
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I'm not terribly confrontational, but I've gotten better at holding my ground.
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One of the things I love about music is live performance.
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There is Twitter outrage at everything. Be it a pair of trousers or a short skirt, somebody, somewhere, will not like it.
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Some people are better at maths than others: no one thinks you can be 'taught' to be a mathematical genius. And no one thinks of teaching, in that context, as a kind of forcing of the will. But there seems to be an idea of writing as an intuitive pastime which is being dishonestly subjected to counterintuitive methods.
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That's a big deal for kids, when they come into the kitchen and the teacher is drinking coffee with mom. They react differently on the next day when you say: 'Sit down and shut-up!'
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I want to go see Somalia because I've never been there, and I feel like I'm missing out. I want to learn that heritage; I want to learn about my culture.
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I don't want to be an action star, an action star's life is so short. I want my life to get longer, I want my career to get longer.
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It never became an obsession for me to score at all costs. I've always said that I'm not a big scorer, I'm a worker.
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The coward does not know what it means to be alone: an enemy is always standing behind his chair.
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There are few prisoners more closely guarded than princes.
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God has surely promised His grace to the humbled: that is, to those who mourn over and despair of themselves. But a man cannot be thoroughly humbled till he realizes that his salvation is utterly beyond his own powers, counsels, efforts, will and works, and depends absolutely on the will, counsel, pleasure and work of Another -- God alone.
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From about eight years old I was always making things on the sewing machine. Friends would see me making dresses and costumes, and I'd use difficult fabrics such as Lycra and elastic. But you know, my dad was creative and my brother is inventive too.
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Coding is the language of the future, and every girl should learn it. As I've learned from watching girls grow and learn in our classrooms, coding is fun, collaborative and creative.
