Jenny Shipley Quotes

I'm not sure that it matters as much to women as to our male colleagues to have the public adulation and be on the public mind.

Jenny Shipley

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WomenMindColleaguesMattersSure

When I was young, they said in the future that you'd just take a pill and never have to eat. That will never happen.

Joel Robuchon

FutureYouSaidYoungWillNever

I've always given presidents the benefit of the doubt on their nominees.

John McCain

DoubtAlwaysBenefitGiven

Science fiction has always been a means for political comment. H.G. Wells' 'The War of the Worlds' wasn't about a Martian invasion - it was a critique of British colonialism, and... 'The Time Machine' is really an indictment of the British class system.

Robert J. Sawyer

ScienceTimeWarPoliticalClass

Being the hot girl... you wouldn't want that. It's overrated. Being sexy is actually really boring to me. I'd rather be... I'd rather be interesting.

Amelia Warner

GirlMeSexyInterestingYouBoring

You got to have the right lawyer and good management. I went years and years without management and even a good lawyer; I used to handle contracts on my own, and it was definitely corners that they would cut. It wouldn't have happened if I had a good lawyer behind me.

Statik Selektah

GoodMeManagementLawyerYouRight

Poor Andy Nave was killed. He refused to surrender and was shot by Dick Fields. I felt sorry as he used to be quite friendly towards me before the war, but it could not be helped.

Stand Watie

WarMeSorrySurrenderPoorFields

Every abstract picture of the world is as impossible as a blueprint of a storm. Don't be ashamed because you're human: be proud! Inside you, vaults behind vaults open endlessly. You will never be finished, and that's as it should be.

Tomas Transtromer

StormWorldImpossibleProudPicture

I was going to have cosmetic surgery until I noticed that the doctor's office was full of portraits by Picasso.

Rita Rudner

MedicalDoctorOfficeGoingSurgery

We have to know that life cannot be changed by us. It will be changed. But not by us. We can only guide the things that can cause physical change.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

LifeChangeKnowWillThingsUs

But most scripts are terrible. Most projects are bad, that's just kind of the way it is. And I'm not really attracted to those.

Don Cheadle

BadKindWayTerribleJustMost

My number one horror movie is the '60s British version of 'Ten Little Indians.' This movie scared me to death when I was a kid - I still dream about it.

Chris March

DeathMeDreamHorrorKidScared

Especially girls, but any kids exposed to music programs and arts programs do much better on their tests. They have a better chance of going to college. They can focus better. You know, we're not just automatons learning how to work machines and do engineering and math and science. All of that's great, but you've got to build a whole person.

Bonnie Raitt

WorkLearningMusicScienceGreat

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