Alek Wek Quotes
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I would love it if people could look at chubby folks with all of our curves, bumps and ridges and just say 'She's beautiful' just like that. You don't have to get on a treadmill as long as your blood pressure is under control and you eat healthy, God bless.
Yvette Nicole Brown -
All fashion brands are about looking good. Being Human is also about doing good. And you can do good by the simple act of slipping into a t-shirt or a pair of jeans.
Salman Khan -
I think there are ways to get so caught up in your career and being so heavy and dramatic, and everyone wants to be a tortured genius.
Laura Dern -
I mean, I was always interested in people like Lenny Bruce, people who are breaking the old rules and making new ones.
Faye Dunaway -
Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.
Warren Bennis -
We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others.
Karin Slaughter
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I went into acting as psychotherapy, and it's still a work in progress.
Ed Asner -
This is my trademark: I rip my T-shirt. I'm into the whole showing-a-bit-of-chest-hair thing.
Ed Westwick -
An artist is attracted to certain kinds of form without knowing why. You adopt a position intuitively; only later do you attempt to rationalize or even justify it.
Fernando Botero -
If they can go out and buy my albums, I can at least make the sacrifice to holler at the few people who call. A lot of times I'm busy so they'll get my voice mail. And if I can speak to them and I have time, I always text back. Because I think that's very important.
Flo Rida -
I feel Dress for Success is basically about empowering women who were in a disadvantaged situation. The act of wearing a suit when she's walking in the door, it's so powerful - it's about gaining control of their lives and situations.
Karen Elson -
What happens in the media is the cult of personality. The brands who have been forced to cut their staff have been forced to take on the brands of journalists.
Fareed Zakaria
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The main characters for 'The Seer and the Sword' made an appearance one night and then haunted me for over five years before I began to write them down. Does that count as inspiration? For me, characters tend to show up, stay on to help with the work of writing their stories, and then occasionally deign to visit after a book is finished.
Victoria Hanley -
I don't like Botox. It makes a very strange forehead.
Carine Roitfeld -
I've always wanted to take up work that my heart is convinced about. And I shall continue to do so.
Sakshi Tanwar -
I come from a background of hiding everything behind a computer.
Washed Out -
Even before ObamaCare, the government took care of the bottom 5 or 10 percent of the public who were on Medicaid.
Rand Paul -
I think New York audiences are some of the brightest in the world, and certainly the most enthusiastic.
Ian Mckellen
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I am not trying to change the world. I am just offering my gift that God gave me, and if somebody is moved by it, that's beautiful.
Lenny Kravitz -
All Pixar movies are heartbreaking, aren't they?
Charlie Brooker -
The best thing a society can do is ensure its children are taken care of.
Brigid Schulte -
Ce qu'il y a d'enivrant dans le mauvais goût, c'est le plaisir aristocratique de déplaire.
Charles Baudelaire -
All one needs to do is read - books, magazines, research the Internet - and pay attention to the influencers in their lives to discover the myriad people of strong moral character who have and still are making positive, meaningful contributions and differences in our world.
Zig Ziglar -
It's a small world when you're from South Sudan.
Alek Wek