Ben Shahn Quotes
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I was a little hesitant at first because there's so many ways you can get 'Straight Outta Compton' wrong. You know, it's such a great story; it's such a classic tale. I was a little nervous 'cause it's like a very narrow road to success with that type of story - you got to get it right - but when I read it, I was pleasantly surprised.
F. Gary Gray -
There is definitely a way in which women are raised to be less proactive, less business-oriented, and less willing to jump into creative no man's land. I think media has more of an influence on how we perceive gender identity than anything else.
Felicia Day -
I just fell into the job as a fashion editor at a teen magazine. I was there for two years, and I left there as a senior fashion editor at the age of 25.
Rachel Zoe -
I don't really care about gossip. I care about building great businesses.
Tamara Mellon -
Anything that is wasted effort represents wasted time. The best management of our time thus becomes linked inseparably with the best utilization of our efforts.
Ted Engstrom -
'Love Letter' reminds me of 'Chocolate Factory' and 'Happy People.' It's a little bit of both of those, yeah. I just wanted it to be classy, man. And romantic. And maybe 10 percent sexy.
R. Kelly
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Sometimes what you mustn't do is just as just as important as what you must do.
M. J. Rose -
Even Gaddafi's adversaries assure us that he stood out for his intelligence as a student; he was expelled from high-school for his anti-monarchic activities. He managed to enroll in another high-school and later graduated in law at the University of Benghazi at the age of 21.
Fidel Castro -
It's an honor to live in and serve the great City of Los Angeles. I'm also immensely grateful for the support I've received from Ireland.
Walter O'Brien -
It's hardly even noticeable that so many artists, designers and architects live here. It isn't reflected in the cityscape or in the museums. Many of the artists, for example, exhibit around the world, just not in Berlin.
Olafur Eliasson -
Being able to breathe underwater would be sweet.
Cameron Bright -
I have a deep fascination with human nature, with all its virtues and all its defects.
Edgar Ramirez
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Alleviation of suffering is my fundamental principle.
Yusuf Hamied -
You don't master your fear. You're not able to say, 'I'm not going to be scared.' But what you can do is say, 'OK, I'm very very scared, but I have to do this and this and this.'
Ingrid Betancourt -
I am used to training 10 to 12 sessions a week, so I have the physical and mental endurance that comes with being an athlete.
Tanc Sade -
My workout involves cardio, jogging, and yoga as well. I am a firm believer of yoga and meditation.
Hansika Motwani -
There's a lot of things in life that we don't know why they're coming exactly at this moment.
Marat Safin -
Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.
H. L. Mencken
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Indeed, the existence of class, of social hierarchy, is as old as man himself. It prevails in the jungle where strength determines hierarchy; among men, it has also been savagely the same, whereby rulers vested with power through personal combat, or through lineal heritage as in the case of royalty, ravage their subjects.
F. Sionil Jose -
The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad; they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state.
Plato -
I couldn't tell a story if my life depended on it. I'm the world's worst joke-teller.
David Shields -
I enjoy stand-up because it has the biggest reward: instant gratification. You can hear the people laughing.
Wanda Sykes -
The love of letters is the forlorn hope of the man of letters. His ruling passion is the love of fame.
William Hazlitt -
Now, my knowledge of photography was terribly limited.
Ben Shahn