Alek Wek Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
There was just a lot of comedy on the TV in the house, and my parents are both very funny.
-
Death is better than slavery.
-
Do your job; be the best at whatever your job description is.
-
When a single author uploading his own books to Amazon can earn more money than a large N.Y. publisher exploiting both print and e-rights, there's something amiss.
-
Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
-
No one pays me to be nice.
-
L.A. still ranks as one of my guilty pleasures, along with butter-pecan ice cream and Coldplay albums.
-
Japan's biggest problems are conservatism and cowardice.
-
To me, evil comes when you have a choice between that and good, and you choose the wrong way.
-
Culture follows power.
-
I'm a pro-horserace guy.
-
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!
-
Acting is really about having the courage to fail in front of people.
-
Diversity is really a richness for mankind.
-
I'd have to say the biggest transformation would be my schedule. I'm really, really busy, but it's a lot of fun.
-
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.
-
Raising the minimum wage is the right thing to do, but it's a popular thing to do as well.
-
Everybody made mistakes for years, but by making them, everybody learned - myself, the franchise, coaches, players, LeBron, everybody.
-
Illiteracy is rampant. People are out of communication.
-
Kids lead a very private life.
-
Die ganzen Zahlen hat der liebe Gott gemacht, alles andere ist Menschenwerk.
-
This country does not discriminate. No president, no officer in this country should hold office that has any hint of treating people differently because of the color of their skin or where they came from and that kind of thing. We believe in equality and fair treatment and that's the moral principle that we adhere to as a nation.
-
Hear and attend and listen; for this is what befell and be-happened and became and was, O my Best Beloved, when the Tame animals were wild. The dog was wild, and the Horse was wild, and the Cow was wild, and the Sheep was wild, and the Pig was wild -as wild as wild could be - and they walked in the Wet Wild Woods by their wild lones. But the wildest of all the wild animals was the Cat. He walked by himself and all places were alike to him.
-
Beauty should not be culturally relevant; it should be universal.
