Anna Akana Quotes
I still get very emotional when a girl - 13 or 14 - comes up to me and says, 'Your videos really helped me.'
Quotes to Explore
-
Like in every peace process, and especially in Colombia, there all kinds of problems that will come through. Not only is the process by itself very complicated but it has lots of underground complications.
-
It's not any desire on my part to start playing dads, but it's a convention of drama. If you don't get the parts of young people going out to nightclubs, you have to play their fathers.
-
I only saw one English-speaking person all the way across Siberia.
-
You must always do what you feel is right.
-
I live in a Mobile Home - I've never had a house, except once; I rented a log cabin.
-
The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.
-
I played small forward on the basketball team. I also ran the 300 hurdles.
-
I am a keen observer of my own films; I also try to discover myself through the movies I make.
-
My baby is the joy in my life.
-
There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
-
I've got a PowerPoint deck that I use for internal presentations, and there's a slide on it that asks, 'What percentage of your game is combat versus exploration versus puzzle solving versus platforming,' and I refuse to answer that question.
-
The mullahs are part of the past in Iran, not its future. But change in Iran will come through engagement, not through confrontation.
-
What is the future of the woman's movement? How in the hell do I know? I don't run it.
-
Something that's very painful for me is when people wear pants that are too short.
-
I find the whole concept of women screaming at me so odd. It's very flattering, but I don't think I will ever consider myself to be a sex symbol.
-
I train to fight five rounds, but if we can end the fight in the first round, it's even better.
-
I don't have the self-discipline for diets; I break rules I set for myself, so I try and eat more healthily, juice more, and avoid sugar.
-
You don't want to be first, right? You want to be second or third. You don't want to be - Facebook is not the first in social media. They're the third, right? Similarly, you know, if you look at Steve Jobs' history, he's never been first.
-
Let me just say: Peace to you, if you're willing to fight for it.
-
I said roughly that I was starting all over again. I don't think the past buys you anything.
-
Imagination is powerful. Imagination is healing. All you need is the courage to visualize what should be, and then give yourself to its creation. The result may not be what you expected, but it will be right.
-
It behooves all of us to have everyone experience their deepest, most beautiful, most profound and powerful self, because those people are more apt to give their gift to everyone else rather than shudder in fear.
-
It's always good to get a wake-up call and a reminder that you can't just go there and collect medals.
-
I still get very emotional when a girl - 13 or 14 - comes up to me and says, 'Your videos really helped me.'
