Riaad Moosa Quotes

Remember, we really grew up separately; our life experience was very different because of segregation. So I think comedy is a good space to work those things out and educate everyone about the different experiences and different race groups in South Africa.

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• I'm not willing to commit American taxpayers' money anymore or American troops on the ground in another Middle Eastern country.

  

  Ted Yoho
  • Country
  • Money
  • American

• I bought a company in the mid-'90s called Dexter Shoe and paid $400 million for it. And it went to zero. And I gave about $400 million worth of Berkshire stock, which is probably now worth $400 billion. But I've made lots of dumb decisions. That's part of the game.

  

  Warren Buffett
  • Game
  • Decisions
  • Stock

• I don't think anything I've written has been done in under six or eight drafts. Usually it takes me a few years to write a book. 'World's Fair' was an exception. It seemed to be a particularly fluent book as it came. I did it in seven months. I think what happened in that case is that God gave me a bonus book.

  

  E. L. Doctorow
  • World
  • God
  • Done

• Jesus Christ was a patriot! His country was the world. His laws were the eternal principles of liberty, and his followers, in every age, have been the chosen champions of freedom!

  

  Orson F. Whitney
  • World
  • Country
  • Age

• We have much to be judged on when he comes, slums and battlefields and insane asylums, but these are the symptoms of our illness and the result of our failures in love.

  

  Madeleine L'Engle
  • Love
  • Result
  • Judged

• Even before I competed in the Olympics, I always wanted to write a book.

  

  Gabby Douglas
  • Book
  • Always
  • Write

• I've found that people get particularly frustrated and shut down when women in fiction are disgusting or disordered.

  

  Ottessa Moshfegh
  • People
  • Women
  • Down

• One thing I'm doing on the new Titanic recording is actually bringing in different acoustic spaces.

  

  Gavin Bryars
  • Different
  • Doing
  • New

• I want to act for the rest of my life - and I also want to pursue directing. Watching Bill Condon direct 'Twilight' kind of made me think, 'OK yeah, I really want to do this now.' This idea that you can make an image in your head and be in full control of how it comes out - I thought that was really cool.

  

  Mackenzie Foy
  • Life
  • Control
  • Rest

• What the Danes left in Ireland were hens and weasels. And when the cock crows in the morning, the country people will always say 'It is for Denmark they are crowing. Crowing they are to be back in Denmark.'

  

  Lady Gregory
  • People
  • Country
  • Morning

• Power is fortified not just by what it destroys, but also by what it creates. Not just by what it takes, but also by what it gives. And powerlessness reaffirmed not just by the helplessness of those who have lost, but also by the gratitude of those who have (or think they have) gained.

  

  Arundhati Roy
  • Power
  • Lost
  • Gratitude

• The Japanese say, If the flower is to be beautiful, it must be cultivated.

  

  Lester Cole
  • Beautiful
  • Flower
  • Japanese

• When the children were little, I'd fly into L.A. for a specific work project, but then I'd leave again, and when I was home, I wouldn't even read a script.

  

  Andie MacDowell
  • Work
  • Children
  • Home

• 'Rust' really started with the passing of my dad, and me really looking back inward to my self about where I stand with all things on a faith/religious/spiritual level. And it's really put me on this interesting road and very educational, I might add, road back to understanding the role of faith in God and Christ in my life.

  

  Corbin Bernsen
  • Life
  • God
  • Interesting

• Happiness is just another of the tricks that our genetic system plays on us to carry out its only role, which is the survival of the species.

  

  Paulo Coelho
  • Survival

• What this denomination stands for is, really, is the universal vision of all people being treated fairly under the law as God sees us in His sight.

  

  Clementa C. Pinckney
  • People
  • God
  • Law

• While some people may think being a chef only entails making enticing dishes and pushing the culinary boundaries, being a part of the food industry involves much more.

  

  Marcus Samuelsson
  • People
  • May
  • Food

• I always get asked for suggestions on what to get food-lover friends. While there are many gifts out there that a foodie would love, it's always good to do some research beforehand so you know you're getting a gift that will last.

  

  Marcus Samuelsson
  • Good
  • Friends
  • Food

• You grow up and recognize that in any educated secular society, there's no excuse for ignorance. You have to recognize in yourself, and challenge yourself, that if you see racism or homophobia or misogyny in a secular society, as a member of that society, you should challenge it. You owe it to the betterment of society.

  

  Andrew Hozier-Byrne
  • Up
  • Society
  • Challenge

• I think that's a responsibility I have, to not leave the listener with complete dread or depressing, dark thoughts, but to leave a little door open so that you can dance your way out if you want to.

  

  Jens Lekman
  • Responsibility
  • Dark
  • Dance

• They will open up to what I would call corporate broadcastings where the non-commercial material will have air time. There's no possibility of that here right now, none.

  

  Ann Macbeth
  • Up
  • Time
  • Air

• TV didn't kill radio, it just added something new to the mix.

  

  Douglas Coupland

• I didn't have the same fitness or ability as the other girls, so I had to beat them with my mind.

  

  Martina Hingis
  • Mind
  • Fitness

• Remember, we really grew up separately; our life experience was very different because of segregation. So I think comedy is a good space to work those things out and educate everyone about the different experiences and different race groups in South Africa.

  

  Riaad Moosa
  • Different
  • Experience
  • Comedy