Alek Wek Quotes
The most beautiful things are not associated with money; they are memories and moments. If you don't celebrate those, they can pass you by.
Quotes to Explore
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I stayed in the astronaut program until 1993. People ask me why I left. I thought I had a lot of things to contribute that would be difficult to do if I stayed. I thought I could have a stronger voice as an advocate for space exploration. So I ended up starting my own technology consulting company.
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The stopwatch doesn't lie. The tape measure doesn't lie.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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I've fought with everyone . And now I have become so headstrong that I only do what I want.
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I am obsessed with proportion, and how proportion is perceived.
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The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion.
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It has seemed, at times, like American carmakers think car buyers are so blindly loyal that they will keep coming back - despite the sticker shock - for crummy cars that guzzle gas, fall apart too soon, and cost too much to repair.
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We develop our propensity to forgive or not to forgive by what we see illustrated at the early ages of our development.
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I've learned about ice water in the morning - when you wake up tired, or you're jet lagged and you've been flying and your skin is dry, or you have puffy eyes - the ice water really helps cool the face down and helps circulation.
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While I knew that individuals had in history - and still could - make a difference, it seemed presumptuous - even pompous - to imagine that I could be part of it, that I could be one of them.
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In the best material, you always should be able to somehow make a case for a story to be transposed to any other time.
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If it wasn't for golf, I'd probably still be peddling jewelry or be in the sugar mills somewhere.
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I suppose I am one of those lucky people who eats what they like and doesn't gain too much weight.
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By adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out of distress and misery are grown.
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Yancy is actually a Native-American name, but I'm Irish. Go figure.
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My first celebrity crush... I had a huge crush on 'Cheetara' from 'ThunderCats.'
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The great thing about albums is it gives you a lot of choices, and we can all say that the album business is dead, but watch Taylor Swift. I don't think it's dead. I just think we've got to hit on the energies that make people want to collect albums.
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When they sold me on 'Supergirl', I went and sat down with Andrew Kreisberg and Greg Berlanti, and they described the character to me. Greg Berlanti used a couple of music theater references to kind of explain who the character was. They threw up Chris Pratt in 'Guardians of the Galaxy' as a reference point.
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I'd never directed before and this movie's too important to me to put in the hands of some guy who has never directed. Even if it's me.
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If you want to have a good life, you should focus on your family, on your business, on your dog, on your fun, and you'll have a good life.
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There are some very similar moments in the early work where the focus was on drawing, abstraction and fragmentation. Then it moved to the development of ideas. Lately it has become what architecture should be, which is more fluid organization. There has not been so much 'a change' but 'a development'.
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The most beautiful things are not associated with money; they are memories and moments. If you don't celebrate those, they can pass you by.
