Wendelin Van Draanen Quotes
I told about the whole being greater than the sum of its parts. 'It's that way with people, too,' he said, 'only with people it's sometimes that the whole is less than the sum of the parts.'
Wendelin Van Draanen
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In a sense I portray myself in a very androgynous way, and I love androgyny.
Lady Gaga
What bothers me, I guess, is when I get these messages from girls on Twitter, and they're like, 'God, you're my idol, I really admire you.' It's like, 'Admire me for what? What have I done?' It's not that being in a Burberry campaign, or walking in a Chanel show is nothing. It's just... I know I can do more.
Cara Delevingne
I don't think the deficit of the country is a Republican issue or a Democratic issue. I think it's a country issue. I don't think worrying about the reindustrialization of America is a Republican or Democratic issue.
Indra Nooyi
When I was a kid, I wanted to be a baseball player.
Takeru Kobayashi
Dating is kind of hard. Like dinner or something like that. Like a forced awkward situation is very strange. Especially for me, for some reason.
Zac Efron
If Wal-Mart invests a billion dollars and others invest $100 million, Wal-Mart is going to grow more.
Carlos Slim
On Career Day in high school, you don't walk around looking for the cartoon guy.
Gary Larson
If a man is pictured chopping off a woman's breast, it only gets a R rating, but if, God forbid, a man is pictured kissing a woman's breast, it gets an X rating. Why is violence more acceptable than tenderness?
Sally Struthers
I'm obsessed with those old romance films. I also would love to venture into the silent film world. I think that's extremely compelling and interesting and really relies on the acting, even more so than when you have an actor speaking.
Sami Gayle
I'm originally from San Francisco. I might move there some day. But, I like L.A., I have fun in L.A. It's a fun town if you've got money in your pocket. It's a good town.
Sam Rockwell
Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.
Fran Lebowitz
When I was nine, I was singing western swing: Roy Rogers and Patsy Cline. It got me noticed because no one my age was doing it, but it made me feel inferior because none of my friends could relate to it.
Kacey Musgraves
What you think is the point is not the point at all but only the beginning of the sharpness.
Flann O'Brien
The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.
Mahatma Gandhi
In our era of zero tolerance, I would surely have spent most of elementary and middle school shuttling between suspensions and expulsions, with an occasional time out for social studies.
Charlie Sykes
The U.S. military today garrisons the planet in a fashion without historical precedent. Successive administrations, regardless of party, justify and perpetuate this policy by insisting that positioning U.S. forces in distant lands fosters peace, stability, and security. In the present century, however, perpetuating this practice has visibly had the opposite effect. In the eyes of many of those called upon to "host" American bases, the permanent presence of such forces smacks of occupation. They resist. Why should U.S. policymakers expect otherwise?
Andrew Bacevich
What if we thought of health and security in retirement as one basket?
Jeff Fortenberry
I told about the whole being greater than the sum of its parts. 'It's that way with people, too,' he said, 'only with people it's sometimes that the whole is less than the sum of the parts.'
Wendelin Van Draanen
