Ella Mai Quotes
I was 12 years old when I first moved to New York, and at that age, you're trying to find yourself. It was hard being so different from everyone I was around, and I felt that nobody could really understand me because everyone was American, and I was this little English girl with an accent.
Quotes to Explore
-
Not a lot of people get to go to the Olympics - especially with the chance I've got.
-
I usually get my stuff from people who promised somebody else that they would keep it a secret.
-
We need leaders who will stand unapologetically in defense of marriage.
-
One of the banners I would put up in front of any American president and new administration is 'Do not overreact to your predecessors' policies.'
-
Every time I go to Comic-Con, I'm jacked. I want to dress up and walk the floor and answer questions, because I'm excited about it. It's like making new friends.
-
I get homesick.
-
We think of the revolution ending in Yorktown, Va. The fact of the matter is that the French defeated the British in a naval battle right in the mouth of Chesapeake Bay. Because the British fleet was coming to rescue Cornwallis, the British general, Washington was able to surround Cornwallis.
-
I've been to parties in L.A. that are mind-blowing. I mean, quite literally mind-blowing. People get cellphones in the party bag, that sort of thing. Fabulous, fabulous parties.
-
Life can be a bore if you're constantly walking sidewalks instead of a tightrope once in a while.
-
As a writer, I absorb stories, allow them to churn within my own head and heart - often for years - until I find a way of telling them that fits both my time and temperament.
-
If a strong government finds that it can, with impunity, destroy a weak people, then the hour has struck for that weak people to appeal to the League of Nations to give its judgment in all freedom. God and history will remember your judgment.
-
I'm terrified about psychic people who have their little shops. I always walk across the street and go somewhere else. Imagine if one of them came out with their face all pale and said, 'Hurry up and enjoy yourself.' No one wants to know that.
-
If there is anything in the universe that can't stand discussion, let it crack.
-
Things aren't always clear at the beginning of a relationship. Be up-front. Don't play on her confusion or vulnerability. Women want and appreciate clarity.
-
I feel like the word 'mom' and 'supermom' should be synonymous. When you are a mom, you are a superhero.
-
I do not find it easy to articulate thoughts about religion. I remain the sort of person who turns off 'Thought for the Day' when it comes on the radio.
-
Find something that you love to do, and find a place that you really like to do it in. I found something I loved to do. I'm a mechanical engineer by training, and I loved it. I still do. My son is a nuclear engineer at MIT, a junior, and I get the same vibe from him. Your work has to be compelling. You spend a lot of time doing it.
-
I like working in theatre now and I think that once you've done a certain amount of films most actors love working in the theatre because of the camaraderie.
-
The child who desires education will be bettered by it; the child who dislikes it disgraced.
-
I think actors have a choice of drawing attention to themselves or living on the outskirts.
-
More women need to stick together.
-
It's not like I go out on the field thinking that I'm 5-6 and I'm the smallest guy out there. I'm just trying to help my team win games.
-
Children might or might not be a blessing, but to create them and then fail them was surely damnation.
-
I was 12 years old when I first moved to New York, and at that age, you're trying to find yourself. It was hard being so different from everyone I was around, and I felt that nobody could really understand me because everyone was American, and I was this little English girl with an accent.
