Alek Wek Quotes
I think beauty is not just about what we put on our heads or on our faces or what we wear: it's deeper than that, and if we can celebrate that, celebrate the women, not just the superficiality... I think it would be really gorgeous.
Quotes to Explore
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Unfortunately, there is still much to mine in this world and explore creatively.
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I interviewed Johnny Knoxville once. I was kind of scared to interview him because I thought he might be a real jerk, but he was really nice, and I ripped his chest hair out.
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Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.
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I have no special talent, you know. I never took a writing course before I began to write.
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Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.
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Acting is exciting. It is different every time you do it.
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The history of the music industry is inevitably also the story of the development of technology. From the player piano to the vinyl disc, from reel-to-reel tape to the cassette, from the CD to the digital download, these formats and devices changed not only the way music was consumed, but the very way artists created it.
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The Federal Reserve is incapable of accomplishing its stated objectives.
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We expect President Bush to implement his own vision of a two-state solution, the birth of the Palestinian State and the ending of the occupation that started in 1967.
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When you speak directly at things and don't say you're going to try to do something or that you hope to do something, the universe will work with you. Think about it this way - a boomerang goes out and comes back to you if you throw it. If you throw it out at the universe, it will come back down to you on Earth.
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I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.
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There is a kind of victory in good work, no matter how humble.
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There is no ideal body. It's just taking what you have and working it.
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I love the horror genre and the thriller genre, so I've got no problem with playing a psycho.
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To prosper and advance, the American business sector is going to need a financial system oriented toward business, not 'home ownership.'
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One and one is two, and two and two is four, and five will get you ten if you know how to work it.
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Throughout human history, the apostles of purity, those who have claimed to possess a total explanation, have wrought havoc among mere mixed-up human beings.
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A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.
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I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.
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Women need to think about where they've been, where they are, where they're going, and how they're going to get there.
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The fear of hell, or aiming to be blest, savors too much of private interest.
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The hardest thing [for me] is to 'just' agree, and that is what sparks creativity, the feeling that something can be better, the feeling that something's missing, the feeling that something's needed.
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Whatever we read from intense curiosity gives us the model of how we should always read. Plodding along page after page with an equal attention to each word results in attention to mere words.
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I think beauty is not just about what we put on our heads or on our faces or what we wear: it's deeper than that, and if we can celebrate that, celebrate the women, not just the superficiality... I think it would be really gorgeous.
