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 -
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 -
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
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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 -
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
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The reason I do what I do is because I was influenced by Steve Martin, by Woody Allen, by Bob Newhart, by Carol Burnett, by Lucille Ball.
Ellen DeGeneres -
I've had four amazing men in my life, very strong, powerful, wonderful men. I certainly will have a relationship with someone but I don't think I will get married again.
Cheryl Tiegs -
I was much affected by the internal troubles of the Punch family; I thought that with a little more tact on the part of Mrs. Punch and some restraint held over a temper, naturally violent, by Mr. Punch, a great deal of this sad misunderstanding might have been prevented.
Edmund Gosse -
My first love was acting. I went to Sidney Poitier films as a kid. I sat in the theater and dreamed of being an actor.
Carl Weathers -
I'm joking all the time with my friends, even when we're talking about serious things.
Kurt Vile -
My family's a ruling family.
Aminatta Forna