Lorraine Toussaint Quotes
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It's been 80 years since the Senate has confirmed a Supreme Court nominee who was nominated during an election. And particularly when the court hangs in the balance, it makes no sense whatsoever to give Barack Obama the power to jam through a judge in the final election year.
Ted Cruz -
I definitely feel more comfortable in my own skin since turning 40.
Kate Moss -
My mother adores singing and plays piano. My uncle was a phenomenal pianist. My brother John is a double bassist. I used to play the piano, badly, and cello. My brother Peter played violin.
Fiona Shaw -
I believe that in the historic and religious nature, marriage is between a man and a woman.
Rand Paul -
Information, education, skills, healthcare, livelihood, financial inclusion, small and village enterprises, opportunities for women, conservation of natural resources, distributed clean energy - entirely new possibilities have emerged to change the development model.
Narendra Modi -
I'm not shy. I'm modest, but I'm very outgoing.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
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I think my roles have been wonderfully varied. Not one has been racially stereotypical, and I have purposely chosen them like that.
Naomie Harris -
The rigid cause themselves to be broken; the pliable cause themselves to be bound.
Xun Kuang -
I regret that I have not written more, shouted louder, and acted out my beliefs.
F. Sionil Jose -
Comparing oneself with one's fellow writers is a bad idea. I would not review a fellow writer unless I had something terribly positive to say.
W. G. Sebald -
The '70s were a time of turmoil and turnover. But I grew up here. I always wanted to play here.
Carlton Fisk -
I was raised to sense what someone wanted me to be and be that kind of person. It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.
Sally Field
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I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.
Mae West -
Cubanas are very strong women. So don't mess with us - don't take us for granted!
Natalie Martinez -
I think the potential for the program at the risk of sounding self-serving is large, some would say even limitless, so I'm excited about it and I think it can even pass next year.
Harold Ford, Jr. -
We should try to understand our innermost needs. We shouldn't use irony to reduce their power.
Manuel Puig -
It makes me feel kind of weird, but obviously the Man Upstairs gave me something and it touches people, and I'm just so blessed.
Eddie Van Halen Van Halen -
Therefore reinforcing a stereotype, therefore thinking that the entire Indian culture is just made of people that are against their children's decisions.
Parminder Nagra
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At the heart of all romanticism is suffering.
Brin-Jonathan Butler -
Second law: The complexity barrier. Software complexity and therefore that of bugs grows to the limits of our ability to manage that complexity.
Boris Beizer -
If I can make programmes when I'm 95, that would be fine. But I would think I'll have had enough by then.
David Attenborough -
British actors come at acting from a slightly different angle. Because a lot of the films are cast out there, they are so used to the angle from which the Americans, and certainly the young guys from L.A., are coming at it, that I think it's interesting for them to find these English actors who maybe approach acting from a different place.
Jim Sturgess -
Microsoft looks at new ideas, they don't evaluate whether the idea will move the industry forward, they ask, 'how will it help us sell more copies of Windows?
Bill Gates -
Anything you need, you can get on YouTube. It's wacky.
Lorraine Toussaint