Alek Wek Quotes

Beauty should not be culturally relevant; it should be universal.

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• There was just a lot of comedy on the TV in the house, and my parents are both very funny.

  

  Kate McKinnon
  • House
  • Parents
  • Funny

• Death is better than slavery.

  

  Harriet Ann Jacobs
  • Death
  • Better
  • Slavery

• Do your job; be the best at whatever your job description is.

  

  Randy Moss
  • Job
  • Best
  • Description

• Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'

  

  Nadia Giosia
  • Old
  • Italian
  • Saying

• No one pays me to be nice.

  

  Aaron Allston
  • Me
  • Nice
  • Pays

• Japan's biggest problems are conservatism and cowardice.

  

  Tadashi Yanai
  • Problems
  • Japan
  • Cowardice

• To me, evil comes when you have a choice between that and good, and you choose the wrong way.

  

  D. B. Weiss
  • Good
  • Evil
  • Choice

• Culture follows power.

  

  Fareed Zakaria
  • Power
  • Culture
  • Follows

• At 25, I was in the audience of my first professional speaker, Bob Bales. His presentation got my attention. I had never seen anyone having so much fun 'at work' and getting paid for it!

  

  Zig Ziglar
  • Work
  • Fun
  • Attention

• Diversity is really a richness for mankind.

  

  Fabiola Gianotti
  • Diversity
  • Mankind
  • Richness

• I'd have to say the biggest transformation would be my schedule. I'm really, really busy, but it's a lot of fun.

  

  Taylor Lautner
  • Fun
  • Transformation
  • Busy

• Before 'Titanic,' yes, I had done some things and, yes, I had been nominated for an Academy Award, but I had never been sort of world-famous. And I suppose, yes, I am really famous now. But I feel embarrassed to say that because it's just a bit daft for me.

  

  Kate Winslet
  • World
  • Famous
  • Titanic

• Raising the minimum wage is the right thing to do, but it's a popular thing to do as well.

  

  Nancy Pelosi
  • Popular
  • Right
  • Wage

• Everybody made mistakes for years, but by making them, everybody learned - myself, the franchise, coaches, players, LeBron, everybody.

  

  Dan Gilbert
  • Myself
  • Mistakes
  • Learned

• Illiteracy is rampant. People are out of communication.

  

  Karen Black
  • People
  • Communication
  • Out

• I'm drinking lots of rum and popping pinks and greys.

  

  L. Ron Hubbard
  • Drinking

• The truth is that the State is a conspiracy designed not only to exploit, but above all to corrupt its citizens … Henceforth, I shall never serve any government anywhere.

  

  Leo Tolstoy
  • Truth

• In a coma, you don't dream,you just hope that someone sits with you.

  

  Conor Oberst Bright Eyes
  • Hope
  • Dream

• Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.

  

  George Jean Nathan
  • Men
  • Wise
  • Sad

• The bite of conscience, like the bite of a dog into a stone, is a stupidity.

  

  Friedrich Nietzsche
  • Conscience
  • Stupidity
  • Bite

• I don't ever watch myself. By watching, you try to perfect yourself, become a robot.

  

  Bernie Mac
  • Perfect

• You need to be really great at your job. You need a strong network of peers, and you need a strong network of mentors.

  

  Caroline Ghosn
  • Great
  • Job
  • Strong

• Beauty should not be culturally relevant; it should be universal.

  

  Alek Wek