Alek Wek Quotes

Going back to South Sudan after the independence took place was deeply emotional for me because I had gone through the civil war with my family just before going to seek refuge in London.

Alek Wek

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My advice to anybody, including myself, is if you're going through a bad period, and you just can't see the world's on your shoulders and no day is a good day, you're missing the whole point of the experience. And that's something dogs know from the moment they come bounding up to you as a puppy.

W. Bruce Cameron
- Up
- World
- Good
I was raised looking at women who were strong, and they weren't really into playing race cards or playing gender cards. I didn't grow up around women who were like, 'Well, let the boys do that, and let the girls do that.' I didn't really see that in my house.

Omari Hardwick
- Up
- Women
- House
Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.

A. R. Ammons
- Poetry
- Years
- Living
In the end, I think that people that are not willing to take the risk to fail are not true entrepreneurs.

Yossi Vardi
- People
- True
- Risk
If we go back in the history of different nations, violence and the use of force are part of their heritage. These are the traditions of mankind.

Harri Holkeri
The one thing I do have is good ears. I don't mean perfect pitch, but ears for picking things up. I developed my ear through piano theory, but I never had a guitar lesson in my life, except from Eric Clapton off of records.

Eddie Van Halen Van Halen
- Life
- Up
- Good