Stephanie Perkins Quotes

Foreign novels are less action-oriented. They have a different pace; they’re more reflective. They challenge us to look for the story, find the story within the story.

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• I believe that it is my responsibility as the prime minister of Israel to do whatever can be done to exploit the unique opportunities that lie ahead of us to move towards peace. Not everything can be done by one act.

  

  Yitzhak Rabin
  • Believe
  • Done
  • Peace

• The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.

  

  Yehuda Amichai
  • Reason
  • Poet
  • Himself

• The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Person
  • Moment
  • Everything

• Women empowerment does not mean you create complex among men. Then it will take 20 more years to empower men. It is all about evolving as a soul, as a human being. It does not mean that you become a sexist.

  

  Kangana Ranaut
  • Men
  • Women
  • Soul

• If wanted to play a sport, I played a sport. If I wanted to do things that many girls born in 1950 didn't do, I did it.

  

  Victoria Principal
  • Play
  • Things
  • Born

• My reaction to everything in life is when it gets a bit complicated to water it down and make it simple again.

  

  Laura Marling
  • Life
  • Simple
  • Water

• Measure your wealth by what you'd have left if you lost all your money.

  

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
  • Money
  • Lost
  • Wealth

• French fries. I love them. Some people are chocolate and sweets people. I love French fries. That and caviar.

  

  Cameron Diaz
  • People
  • Love
  • Chocolate

• For many decades, Myanmar was on the receiving end of very public diplomatic scoldings, often backed up by sanctions.

  

  Najib Razak
  • Up
  • End
  • Very

• I give 110% while I am working. I know I do, because I have been doing this since I was nine. This is a way of life for me. So whether it be successful or not is not in my hands. I still do my job, the best I can.

  

  Kate del Castillo
  • Life
  • Job
  • Best

• I think, certainly in the more civilized societies, women's roles are growing in power all of the time.

  

  Sally Quinn
  • Time
  • Women
  • Power

• China's own recent history proves that when it opens itself, there is nothing its people cannot accomplish. A more open China will lead to a more prosperous and stable China. That's good for China, the United States and, indeed, the entire world.

  

  Gary Locke
  • People
  • World
  • Good

• I never called my work an 'art'. It's part of show business, the business of building entertainment.

  

  Walt Disney
  • Work
  • Art
  • Business

• I'm a big fan of Elvis, man. I got 'Heartbreak Hotel' tattooed on my chest.

  

  Ed Westwick
  • Man
  • Hotel
  • Heartbreak

• If you don't have a refinery operating, it's hard to use oil that's available.

  

  T. Boone Pickens
  • You
  • Hard
  • Oil

• I've had many nicknames over the years: V, Nessa, Nessy Poo, Nessy Bear and Van. Only my parents call me Van, though, and I hate it. I get embarrassed.

  

  Vanessa Hudgens
  • Parents
  • Hate
  • Embarrassed

• The story and the characters of 'Girl Online' are mine.

  

  Zoe Sugg
  • Girl
  • Story
  • Mine

• His desire to focus on specific core funds has given me the opportunity to redistribute assets to managers whose talents warrant larger assignments.

  

  Robert Pozen
  • Opportunity
  • Desire
  • Focus

• I'm worried about looking like a bad person when, in fact, I try to be a good person. I don't like the public image that I've been dressed with and it worries me.

  

  Rachel Johnson
  • Bad
  • Me
  • Image

• What a miserable thing life is: you're living in clover, only the clover isn't good enough.

  

  Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht
  • Life
  • Good

• I grew up in the middle of dairy country in Wisconsin, about as far from any major metropolitan area as you can get. I always assumed I was going to be an actor. I don't know why. I didn't have any reason to think that. In fact, when I finally did try it, when I was in college, I was really bad at it and didn't enjoy it.

  

  David Wroblewski
  • Up
  • Country
  • Why

• Swimmer of noonday, lean for the perfect dive To the dead Mother's face, whose subtile down You had not seen take amber light alive.

  

  Allen Tate
  • Mother
  • Light
  • Perfect

• Foreign novels are less action-oriented. They have a different pace; they’re more reflective. They challenge us to look for the story, find the story within the story.

  

  Stephanie Perkins
  • Different
  • Action
  • Challenges