Alek Wek Quotes

I have short hair. It doesn't make me more unattractive than a woman or my sisters that have more longer hair and a bit lighter.

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• In the political system, we are a team; politics and bureaucracy, we are a team. The politicians, bureaucrats and the people, we are a team.

  

  Narendra Modi
  • People
  • Political
  • Team

• If people really knew what they were getting into with their third chemotherapy treatment, or getting a pacemaker when they're 92, if they really knew what that was going to mean, they might say no, and we should give them that information.

  

  Caitlin Doughty
  • People
  • Mean
  • Information

• My health is fine.

  

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  • Health
  • Fine

• Newt Gingrich seldom misses a chance to note that he is a historian.

  

  Adam Hochschild
  • Chance
  • Note
  • Seldom

• As a filmmaker, I really want to utilize the tools to carry the voice - my voice, and the voice of the characters.

  

  Barry Jenkins
  • Want
  • Voice
  • Tools

• Whether people be of high or low birth, rich or poor, old or young, enlightened or confused, they are all alike in that they will one day die.

  

  Yamamoto Tsunetomo
  • People
  • High
  • Die

• I'm moved by people who see the world differently than others. People who see the world with a longing for its poetry often can be broken people.

  

  Laura Dern
  • People
  • World
  • Poetry

• I think that the legitimacy of the court would be undermined in any case if the court made a decision based on its perception of public opinion.

  

  Samuel Alito
  • Think
  • Decision
  • Opinion

• To be honest with you, a lot of directors can be very lazy.

  

  Samantha Morton
  • You
  • Honest
  • Lazy

• Does that mean we should give up? Probably. But there are two issues worth considering. The first is - is it really true that drugs destroy the integrity of the game?

  

  Malcolm Gladwell
  • Up
  • True
  • Game

• Publicity's a cancer. It eats out a man - till there's nothing but a shell left.

  

  Patrick Kavanagh
  • Man
  • Cancer
  • Nothing

• My sense is that the wonderful technology that we have to visualize the inside of the body often leaves physicians feeling that the exam is a waste of time and so they may shortchange the ritual.

  

  Abraham Verghese
  • Time
  • May
  • Feeling

• Surprisingly, I think if you're known on the Internet, you're probably an introvert.

  

  Felicia Day
  • Think
  • You
  • Internet

• Whenever anyone calls me 'The new J..K. Rowling,' I think, 'What's wrong with the old one?'

  

  Samantha Shannon
  • Think
  • Wrong
  • Old

• If you look upon chronic diseases as an epidemic, and you see that the chronically ill are the poor, then you see that this issue of the uninsured is not really a moral but a financial obligation to change health care.

  

  Patrick Soon-Shiong
  • Change
  • Health
  • Moral

• In high school I had B's and C's, not too many A's, but I must have done well on that medical school test, and I must have had some charisma in the interview, so I ended up in medicine. Being a general practitioner was all I aspired to.

  

  Barry Marshall
  • Up
  • School
  • Done

• I don't really watch all that much television, I have to say, because I'm so intimidated by how many channels there are. I really cannot find my way back to anything. But I'm compulsively addicted to '24.' I love that show.

  

  Kate Beckinsale
  • Find
  • Watch
  • Addicted

• Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

  

  Babe Ruth
  • Home
  • Sports
  • Next

• I have long believed that it is only right and appropriate that before one sleeps with someone, one should be able – if called upon to do so – to make them a proper omelet in the morning. Surely that kind of civility and selflessness would be both good manners and good for the world.

  

  Anthony Bourdain
  • World
  • Good
  • Long

• I seriously feel like the best days are ahead, and I like the idea of getting to do everything I did before but with more knowledge, experience, and street smarts. There's a certain love, appreciation, and gratitude that you have at 40 that you don't have when you're younger, and it makes every accomplishment feel so much better.

  

  Jennifer Lopez
  • Experience
  • Knowledge
  • Gratitude

• Seven innings, three starts in a row, that's an improvement for me, and that's what I want to do: be out there in the game longer.

  

  Drew Pomeranz
  • Game
  • Improvement

• I think politics is the biggest lever of change in India.

  

  Nandan Nilekani
  • Think
  • Change
  • Politics

• I will reach out to all states uniformly... I can assure you I will take two steps for every step they extend.

  

  Piyush Goyal

• I have short hair. It doesn't make me more unattractive than a woman or my sisters that have more longer hair and a bit lighter.

  

  Alek Wek
  • Hair