Lionel Shriver Quotes
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After 'Pitch Perfect,' I only want to be in sequels. No. 2 of whatever.
Adam DeVine -
We assume in our daily lives that the world is both safe and sane. Otherwise, we could not carry on.
Madeleine M. Kunin -
I remember my mother taking me as a very little kid to the roof of our home in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to look at the bombs exploding in the distance. She didn't want us to be scared by the booms and the strange flashes of light. It was her way of helping us to understand what was happening.
Tammy Duckworth -
'Material' is meant to be a fun, lighthearted song about the tiny bit of materialism that's in all of us. The message is meant to translate the notion that you don't need luxury items to feel special; you already are special.
Yuna -
Only the prepared speaker deserves to be confident.
Dale Carnegie -
I learned that when you stand up for what you believe in, you'll get a lot of support. But there are always going to be negative things said about you.
Halima Aden
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I didn't know a thing about Oxford and had never been to Britain. My father suggested it because in 1939 he had been about to take up a place at Wadham College, but the war broke out, and he joined the Army instead.
Tariq Ali -
There was no religion in my life growing up. Did God invent us or did we invent God?
Eddie Izzard -
Religion and modernity are not necessarily mutually exclusive.
Queen Rania of Jordan -
The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short.
Abraham Maslow -
'Halal in the Family' will expose a broad audience to some of the realities of being Muslim in America. By using satire, we will encourage people to reconsider their assumptions about Muslims, while providing a balm to those experiencing anti-Muslim bias. I also hope those Uncles and Aunties out there will crack a smile!
Aasif Mandvi -
But it was hard to leave because the show's been so important in our lives.
Candice Bergen
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I think that people are most comfortable when they can put you in a box - and that's very easy to do that when someone can put you in more serious roles. I'm not blaming them for that - it's just up to me to show people what I can do.
Laura Benanti -
The battle is all over except the 'shouting' when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.
Napoleon Hill -
The view of Earth is spectacular.
Sally Ride -
Some people who like dogs don't like cats, but I'm not like that.
Viggo Mortensen -
I usually play big and mean, big and stupid, or big and funny.
Larry Drake -
They're trying to tell us that we're not right, so we have to buy their products. The number one cause of mental illness is not knowing who you are and you can't know who you are if you don't spend time honoring yourself, and living in the present.
Naomi Judd
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We're not going to be the fastest-growing or the biggest. I think there's plenty of room for a little old sandwich shop like ours.
Jimmy John Liautaud -
I'm a horror movie fan; I'm an avid fan and have been since I was five years old. My father and I watched horror movies, so this is a genre that is very close and very important to me.
Lauren Ashley Carter -
Out Milky Way is the dwelling; the nebulae are the city.
Victor Hugo -
You have to follow your instinct, and that's what I've tried to do all my life, whether in music or anything.
Erol Alkan -
Beauty is aspirational - an ideal that mortals approach but seldom attain.
Lionel Shriver