Waris Dirie Quotes

Personal style? I don't really believe in that. Whatever is comfortable.

Waris Dirie

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• I'm saying that an editorial process that is preparing the material for publication counts as part of the inspiring process whereby God, in his sovereignty, gave every word.

  

  J. I. Packer
  • God
  • Process
  • Saying

• Brain cells are normally not sensitive to light. So by introducing light-sensitive proteins into specific types of neurons, we can now selectively control that specific type of neuron by shining light in the brain.

  

  Feng Zhang
  • Light
  • Control
  • Brain

• I've always made sequels, even when I was making Super 8 movies if the audience liked it.

  

  Sam Raimi
  • Always
  • Movies
  • Audience

• A feeling of alienation existed in India about life in Pakistan because most of what was known was negative. So, everyone used to believe things in our country are always bad, and we don't lead a happy life. But this has changed to some extent. After watching our dramas, people now know that we lead our lives similar to the way they live.

  

  Umera Ahmad
  • People
  • Life
  • Believe

• We may say most aptly that the Analytical Engine weaves algebraical patterns just as the Jacquard loom weaves flowers and leaves.

  

  Ada Lovelace
  • May
  • Say
  • Flowers

• If North American musicians would only know how uncomfortable life is for European musicians.

  

  Zubin Mehta
  • Life
  • American
  • Know

• I've had Botox. It hurts a lot, but I like it.

  

  Pamela Hanson
  • Like
  • Hurts
  • Botox

• To transform yourself is to transform your destiny.

  

  Laura Esquivel
  • Yourself
  • Destiny
  • Transform

• When men or women make their work their top priority and become hostile to the normal, natural needs of their children and spouse - obviously, something is wrong.

  

  Laura Schlessinger
  • Work
  • Men
  • Women

• What people say isn't going to stop me. I have to do things for myself.

  

  Kate Moss
  • People
  • Me
  • Stop

• I like to build things. I like to do things.

  

  Walter Chrysler
  • Like
  • Things
  • Build

• Skating is tough to pick up when you are a grown up.

  

  D. B. Sweeney
  • Up
  • You
  • Tough

• It's a fine balance for an athlete in enjoying the moment and being really satisfied, say, with a run, and with your day, and knowing you can make it better in the future.

  

  Hannah Kearney
  • Future
  • Day
  • Balance

• There is nothing, really, that I wouldn't write about, and I do write about a lot of grim things.

  

  Irvine Welsh
  • Write
  • Nothing
  • Really

• Good food and a warm kitchen are what makes a house a home. I always tried to make my home like my mother's, because Mom was magnificent at stretching a buck when it came to decorating and food. Like a true Italian, she valued beautification in every area of her life, and I try to do the same.

  

  Rachael Ray
  • Life
  • Good
  • Home

• I love being a part of Aqua Teen.

  

  Dana Snyder
  • Being
  • Part
  • Aqua

• 'OLTL' has now allowed me to sing through the character as Blair. If you've followed my 20-some-odd-year career, you know I am a singer.

  

  Kassie DePaiva
  • Character
  • Career
  • Singer

• I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.

  

  Lana Turner
  • Up
  • Good
  • Lose

• Beauty will not come at the call of a legislature, nor will it repeat in England or America its history in Greece. It will come, as always, unannounced, and spring up between the feet of brave and earnest men.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Up
  • Men
  • America

• I'm pretty good about getting some exercise every day - well, most days. The secret for me was to put the elliptical in front of the TV.

  

  Elizabeth Blackburn
  • Good
  • Pretty
  • Exercise

• Toni Collette has been a huge influence. She was my absolute number one idol, and then I got 'United States of Tara.' I was pinching myself. I couldn't believe the first day I was on set, and I got pages of dialogue of real stuff to do with her.

  

  Brie Larson
  • Believe
  • Real
  • She

• Those four Super Bowl losses? Yeah, it sucks that we didn't win, but what are you going to do about it? You can feel sorry for yourself, but that's not how I was brought up.

  

  Jim Kelly
  • Up
  • Sorry

• Personal style? I don't really believe in that. Whatever is comfortable.

  

  Waris Dirie
  • Believe
  • Style
  • Comfortable