Retta (Marietta Sangai Sirleaf) Quotes

I remember doing stand-up at an open mic a long time ago, and the MC was like, 'Who's next?' I said, 'Marietta Sirleaf,' and he was like, 'What?' And I was like, 'Ugh, okay, just Retta.' It stuck with me ever since.

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• Once you research an idea, you begin to develop a perspective. Writing about anything in public, often in real time, has helped fashion my views.

  

  Barry Ritholtz
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• While others prayed for the good time coming, I worked for it.

  

  Victoria Woodhull
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• I know there are some actors who are just brilliant at improvising and brilliant at just being in the moment and doing it there and then. I'm not one of those actors.

  

  Ioan Gruffudd
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• A mate of mine told me recently, 'It's the first time I've seen you work, Worthington.' I thought that was quite funny, but he was right.

  

  Sam Worthington
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• I'm not going to change the world overnight. It's one person at a time, and hopefully they're people in positions of power who can help people get in those roles and really, truly embrace colorblind casting.

  

  Gabrielle Union
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• Teachers need time to engage with colleagues - whether shadowing, mentoring, co-teaching or conferring. They need a voice in school decisions and to be trusted as professionals.

  

  Randi Weingarten
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• I remember when you used to have your profession on your passport and I always thought that being a painter was the best one to be, because my heroes were Goya and Francis Bacon.

  

  Damien Hirst
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• 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
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• I love teaching online at my website and soon I'll be writing a math book. I love to teach math. I just don't have time for a full-time teaching gig. Acting is way too time-consuming.

  

  Danica McKellar
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• We're doing unusual records that sound big, have a pop feel, and we're getting better at it.

  

  Leighton Paul Walsh
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• I'm really kind of boring - I'd rather go to bed early and get up early because I really value my time off, my time away from work.

  

  Mandy Moore
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• For 100 m., you have to go out fast but also bring it back, so we've been doing a lot of work on the back-end speed.

  

  Adam Peaty
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• Anybody who says they don't want to be seen on a show which has millions of people watching it at one time when they're in the business of selling records is a bit silly.

  

  Paloma Faith
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• In Kansas City, most of the time, if we'd have made it to the playoffs, we would have been happy. But our team wasn't that good.

  

  Zack Greinke
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• I'm very fortunate to have the privilege of working with directors like Bill Condon and Paul Thomas Anderson, who I think is one of the greatest filmmakers of our time.

  

  Rami Malek
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• Of course, Dwight D. Eisenhower gets credit for doing more for golf than any other White House resident, a mid- to high-handicapper though he was.

  

  Dan Jenkins
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• I didn't want to get into acting. I was very happy doing MTV, it took up my time, I was content.

  

  Nafisa Joseph
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• Observe that it is a great error to believe that all mediums of art are not closely tied to their time.

  

  Camille Pissarro
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• I always think that I have plenty of time for everything, and then the reality of it doesn't quite match up.

  

  Kate Micucci
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• I had just started ninth grade when I got my acne. And I had braces. I wouldn't look people in the eye. It was not a good time for me - it just killed my self-esteem. I thought when I didn't look at someone, they couldn't see my face.

  

  Kendall Jenner
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• Everything you write makes you better. But if you really need a tip, here's one: a good story begins in opposition to its ending. That means you work out how it finishes first, and then begin the story as far away from that point - in terms of character development - as you can.

  

  Chris Wooding
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• Don't seek to have events happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do happen, and all will be well with you.

  

  Epictetus
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• I second-guess and overthink and rethink every single thing that I do.

  

  Taylor Swift
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• I remember doing stand-up at an open mic a long time ago, and the MC was like, 'Who's next?' I said, 'Marietta Sirleaf,' and he was like, 'What?' And I was like, 'Ugh, okay, just Retta.' It stuck with me ever since.

  

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