Aminatta Forna Quotes
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I'm not shy or reclusive. I just spend my time with people rather than journalists.
Sade Adu -
I love to sit and watch people. I love to sit and listen to people.
Daniel Day-Lewis -
I am super-proud to have a sort of famous character in my background that if you're a certain age, he was probably a part of your youth. I think that's pretty cool.
Adam Brody -
The great thing about writing is that it has to work without that invisible layer of the reader's added knowledge.
Rachel Kushner -
I'm a different kind of Republican. I've introduced a five-year balanced budget. I've introduced the largest tax cut in our history. I stood for ten and a half hours on the Senate floor to defend your right to be left alone.
Rand Paul -
A system that was originally designed to support the poorest in society is now trapping them in the very condition it was supposed to alleviate.
Iain Duncan Smith
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With all the great products that are apparently out there that are undetectable, for me to take something like that... when people take things that now aren't even being tested for, does it make any sense?
Rafael Palmeiro -
No one ought to be under any illusion that Cheney privately thinks himself a failure.
Barton Gellman -
I love this country very much, and I'm proud to live here, but I think our current administration is extreme. These are not merely conservative people, these are extreme right-wing people.
Ed Harris -
When I arrived to study at Oxford in October 1963, the bohemian style was black plastic or leather jackets for women and black leather or navy donkey jackets for men. I stuck to cavalry twills and a duffle coat, at least for a few months.
Tariq Ali -
Investment in early education is not a Liberal or Conservative idea. Nor should it be decided along party lines.
Madeleine M. Kunin -
I don't feel I made any sacrifices at all. I'm doing my best to juggle.
Aaliyah
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As a boy, my favorite show was 'Superman' and my favorite movie was 'Star Wars' - along with other science fiction shows and movies. And I always wanted to fly.
J. August Richards -
If your access to health care involves your leaving work and driving somewhere and parking and waiting for a long time, that's not going to promote healthiness.
Larry Page -
Glenn Gould was my hero. Glenn Gould was my idol. I loved him.
Warren Zevon -
Some people think they should go to Heaven but not have to die to get there. Sorry, but that's simply not how it works.
Dan Gilbert -
My first acting job was a Breck commercial.
Jaclyn Smith -
Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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You don't train a dog in a training hall, jerking his neck or even giving him food treats. You train him using life rewards.
Ian Dunbar -
Hey, the TV was my friend. As a child, I always said, 'I want to live in there someday.'
Parker Posey -
New York is the greatest city in the world.
Anna Wood -
Imagine your family finally making it from nothing to something, and finally getting things going, and finally buying a beautiful house and taking care of your children - and the next day, it's completely all gone. Zero. Boom. Flat broke. So that's when I had to man up.
DJ Khaled -
There are certain people I'd absolutely love to work with. I was a huge fan of 'Two and a Half Men.' The comedic timing was so perfect on that show. So maybe that show or maybe 'Modern Family.' Both of those shows have great casts.
Billy Unger -
My family's a ruling family.
Aminatta Forna