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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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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I go on stage with what God gave me - and that's a natural high. I don't need nothing to perk me up. The audience picks me up enough. That's the total God's truth.
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Latin food suffers like Chinese. You can do marginal Chinese and be successful. You can do crappy Mexican and be packed.
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But they say if you dream a thing more than once, it's sure to come true.
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They call me mellow yellow (Quite rightly) They call me mellow yellow...
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No one has ever suffered from his people as I have.
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It has to come from a truthful place in order to be funny.
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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.
