Retta (Marietta Sangai Sirleaf) Quotes
I have this game with my friends: When we go out, if 'Treat yo' self' is tagged within the last six minutes on Twitter, they buy lunch. If not, I buy. They always buy.
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Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.
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I like men who paint or write or do something creative.
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I do find acting cathartic.
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When I see someone for the first time in a while, and they ask, 'How have you been?' or 'What have you been up to?', it's politeness but a bit of a conversation stopper.
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The one process now going on that will take millions of years to correct is the loss of genetic and species diversity by the destruction of natural habitats. This is the folly our descendants are least likely to forgive us.
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Cleanses and products don't make you look more beautiful. They certainly help, but if you reach contentment, you're set. My makeup artist, Melanie Iglesias, couldn't figure out why my skin looks so good. I think it's because I'm happy!
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As beautiful as simplicity is, it can become a tradition that stands in the way of exploration.
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I came to Harlem from West Virginia when I was three, after my mother died. My father, who was very poor, gave me up to two wonderful people, my foster parents.
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I feel like not knowing Joe Torre is a hole in my New York experience.
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Those who know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of their victories.
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I mean you might say he had a travelling post office, but also Barney was very, very active. He was a legal officer for the NAACP and they had a lot of problems after Pease.
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Europeans say they are proud of their social fabric, of strong rights for workers and the weak in society.
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But, you know, they don't enjoy the dinner hour together. It's just not as much of a ritual at night and it's interesting. I think the ritual is taking place perhaps more in the morning.
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Surfing is my religion, if I have one.
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New Yorkers are tired of hearing about my personal life.
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People never know what's going on while it's happening. You think, during the Renaissance, people called it 'The Renaissance'?
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I think musicians are always very generous in promoting anything good they hear. It's just kind of in our nature.
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Hour by hour, minute by minute, I make decisions that seem like the right things to do at the time but which prevent me from reflecting on the most significant, most critical fact in my life: Every day, I participate in a system that is weaponizing our big, gorgeous planet against our kids.
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If you don't think drugs have done good things for us, then take all of your records, tapes and CD's and burn them.
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The dynamics are pretty much the same among me and my friends as they were when I was 18 years old.
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Nothing, nothing justifies terrorism.
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People of my generation are used to collecting the heroic boys. And they're used to paying a lot of money for heroic boys. I don't make a third of what a guy would make.
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Cares melt when you kneel in your garden.
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I have this game with my friends: When we go out, if 'Treat yo' self' is tagged within the last six minutes on Twitter, they buy lunch. If not, I buy. They always buy.
