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

• 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.

  

  J. A. Konrath
  • Money
  • Single
  • Author

• 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

• Well, first I have to make the team, of course.

  

  Carly Patterson
  • Team
  • First
  • Well

• L.A. still ranks as one of my guilty pleasures, along with butter-pecan ice cream and Coldplay albums.

  

  Damian Lewis
  • Guilty
  • Ice
  • Ice Cream

• 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

• I'm a pro-horserace guy.

  

  Nate Silver
  • 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!

  

  Zig Ziglar
  • Work
  • Fun
  • Attention

• Acting is really about having the courage to fail in front of people.

  

  Adam Driver
  • People
  • Courage
  • Acting

• 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

• Donald Trump was in a tuxedo, standing next to his award: a statue of a palm tree, as tall as a toddler. It was 2010, and Trump was being honored by a charity - the Palm Beach Police Foundation - for his 'selfless support' of its cause. His support did not include any of his own money.

  

  David Fahrenthold
  • Money
  • Support
  • Trump

• There is a direct connection that cannot be severed between the diplomatic process and growth and prosperity.

  

  Isaac Herzog
  • Growth
  • Connection
  • Prosperity

• I love everything special or unique. Sometimes I love girly clothes, sometimes I love strong boy looks. You never know what is the next look of Ming.

  

  Ming Xi
  • Sometimes
  • Unique
  • Clothes

• Men would pray better if they lived better. They would get more from God if they lived more obedient and well-pleasing to God.

  

  Edward McKendree Bounds
  • God
  • Men
  • Pray

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

  

  Alek Wek