Alek Wek Quotes

I grew up in a small town in Sudan. There weren't many cars, so we did things in the countryside near where we lived.

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• I would wait in line for anything to do with 'Doctor Who.'

  

  Manny Coto
  • Wait
  • Doctor
  • Line

• The scramble to get into college is going to be so terrible in the next few years that students are going to put up with almost anything, even an education.

  

  Barnaby C. Keeney
  • Up
  • Education
  • College

• I live in a 'sky island,' a unique mountain valley environment where half the animal species of North America can be found.

  

  Nancy Farmer
  • Live
  • America
  • Environment

• I went through a training camp; I worked extremely hard. I prepared for UFC 200. This was the big one. This one meant everything to me.

  

  Daniel Cormier
  • Me
  • Training
  • Hard

• I've always really been interested in the Pygmalion myth and both what it has to say about creativity and what it has to say about relationships between men and women.

  

  Zoe Kazan
  • Men
  • Women
  • Creativity

• You must always do what you feel is right.

  

  Vidal Sassoon
  • You
  • Always
  • Feel

• Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about. They are indigenous to the American idea. And these are principles which are not negotiable.

  

  Barbara Jordan
  • Country
  • American
  • Political

• Adding 'just kidding' doesn't make it okay to insult the Principal.

  

  Nancy Cartwright
  • Insult
  • Okay
  • Principal

• I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.

  

  Saint Teresa of Avila
  • Devil
  • Afraid

• All the time I was writing hit songs with my partner David Porter, I always had the yen to perform. Sure did. And when the opportunity came, I took it. The first album, 'Presenting Isaac Hayes,' didn't do so hot, but it was like a prelude for what was to come.

  

  Isaac Hayes
  • Time
  • Writing
  • Opportunity

• When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.

  

  Dane Cook
  • People
  • Fun
  • Day

• I am not a hereditary politician and do not have any substantial asset.

  

  Yoshihiko Noda
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  • Asset

• I've got a PowerPoint deck that I use for internal presentations, and there's a slide on it that asks, 'What percentage of your game is combat versus exploration versus puzzle solving versus platforming,' and I refuse to answer that question.

  

  Warren Spector
  • Game
  • Question
  • Exploration

• You gotta take care of the people that are part of the foundation. If you don't, it crumbles.

  

  Jack Scalia
  • People
  • Care
  • Foundation

• I used to draw and make plastic figurines and watch 'Wallace and Gromit' films.

  

  Taron Egerton
  • Make
  • Used
  • Watch

• Personally, becoming a mother has been such a rewarding and wonderful experience. However, at times it has also been a huge challenge. Even for me who has support at home that most mothers do not.

  

  Kate Middleton
  • Home
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  • Mother

• Had I to do it again, I would have been a math major, probably a double major, and did take a lot of math classes, but I would have taken a lot more.

  

  Pardis Sabeti
  • Taken
  • Math
  • Been

• On certain, delicate subjects, bringing in outsiders to talk about values is pertinent because pupils listen to them more attentively.

  

  Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
  • Values
  • Listen
  • Talk

• We made more money feeding molasses, urea, and corn cobs to cattle than we ever did feeding dent corn.

  

  Orville Redenbacher
  • Money
  • More
  • Ever

• We all get damned in our lives, and there are ripple effects. One thing can determine a life, and it's hard to overcome that if the event is really traumatic. Your life is completely condemned by it.

  

  Matthias Schoenaerts
  • Life

• It's estimated for every $1 billion we spend on road construction, nearly 48,000 jobs are created.

  

  Dennis Hastert
  • Road

• Jiu Jitsu is probably the No. 1 activity that I could recommend to someone to improve their lives overall.

  

  Jocko Willink

• You tell your kids that no matter what, you set your goals and you go for them. Whatever it is you achieve, never give up. You want your kids to have that good attitude, the confidence, and the will power to believe in themselves.

  

  Joel Parkinson
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  • Believe

• I grew up in a small town in Sudan. There weren't many cars, so we did things in the countryside near where we lived.

  

  Alek Wek
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