Joanne Liu Quotes

When I was young, and I wouldn't eat, my parents would say, 'Eat, or else you're going to become a little Biafran.'

Joanne Liu

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ParentsYouYoungSayBecomeEat

Lennon has an amazing ability to think before she speaks. She doesn't have to constantly be talking. She just thinks, and when she speaks, it's thoughtful. She's very calm. I'm trying to learn that from her.

Jessica St. Clair

AmazingCalmThinkLearnTalking

Empires won by conquest have always fallen either by revolt within or by defeat by a rival.

John Boyd Orr

DefeatAlwaysEmpiresWithinRival

I've never understood activity holidays since we seem to have far too much activity in our daily lives as it is. Find a culture where loafing is the order of the day and where they don't understand our need to be constantly doing things. Find somewhere you can have a hammock holiday.

Tom Hodgkinson

DailyCultureDayHolidaysDoing

Commercial distress in any great business center will the more surely create widespread disaster.

Josiah Strong

BusinessGreatCreateWillMoreAny

Steakhouses serve these big steaks. The first piece is hot, and the last piece is cold. The way I like to eat is to try three or four cuts of meat. People should actually be eating less meat, and the meat they eat should be special.

Jose Andres

PeopleEatingColdThreeWayTry

I'm pretty athletic, but I'm not very strong.

Devon Aoki

StrongPrettyAthleticVery

I used to be a great fan of doing crosswords. When you're fiddling around with anagrams, you get wonderful jumbles of syllables that become interesting.

Douglas Adams

GreatInterestingDoingYouBecome

We've always been into God. We feel we are blessed. That's part of our success. I mean, apart from the chemistry and the talent, we are blessed. I don't think it can happen without God.

Pepa

SuccessGodTalentBlessedThink

Germans aren't action fans. The only kind of action that really works is 'Bond.'

Til Schweiger

ActionBondKindFansOnlyGermans

The military has a very long relationship with Hollywood that dates back to the silent film era.

Nick Turse

RelationshipLongBackSilentFilm

At this stage in my career, I don't have to take any big risks. You want to take a calculated risk, not one that leads to people saying 'yes, but there was that one time when she made that big mistake.' It's always a shame when that happens, especially if you've gotten by for decades without anything hugely tragic.

Renee Fleming

TimeMistakeRisksPeopleSaying

I want to tell stories for everyone, primarily.

Morris Chestnut

WantEveryoneTellStoriesPrimarily

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