Jenna Wortham Quotes

It wasn't always easy - getting dumped by my female friends for their newfound boyfriends, husbands, girlfriends stung; I felt like a jilted lover, heartbroken and wondering what I'd done wrong. But it was also easier to forgive them, to accept what time and energy they were willing to offer, even if it was less than what I wanted.

Jenna Wortham

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I wish I had known when I was in the White House what I know now about the Third World.

Jimmy Carter

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When I'm not depressed, I draw strength and beauty from depression; when I am depressed, I find no such things.

Andrew Solomon

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I motivate myself by the desire to win more trophies.

Robert Lewandowski

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I'm a huge fan of science fiction, horror, and fantasy films.

Jeff Vandermeer

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Even with limited success as an actor, you usually have a more interesting life than in many other professions, so it's not an unreasonable choice.

Stellan Skarsgard

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Mother Teresa was the very embodiment of saintliness: white-clad, sad-eyed, ascetic and often photographed with the wretched of the earth.

Steven Pinker

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I remember my fourth grade teacher reading 'Charlotte's Web' and 'Stuart Little' to us - both, of course, by E. B. White. His stories were genuinely funny, thought provoking and full of irony and charm. He didn't condescend to his readers, which was why I liked his books, and why I wasn't a big reader of other children's' books.

Louis Sachar

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We cannot afford a dead stop on all of the progress we have made under President Obama in saving our planet from the devastating consequences of climate change.

Jared Polis

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We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates.

Denis Diderot

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'Sunshine Superman' was a pioneering work that for the first time presented a fusion of Celtic, jazz, folk, rock, and Indian music as well as poetry.

Donovan

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I grew up in a house where my father went on auditions, and he got some and he lost some, and there were good years and lean years. I didn't expect anything from the business, and that's often a danger in Hollywood, the notion that if you're pretty and have white teeth and just show up for the game then you'll win.

Chris Pine

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I love it when other people can come up with ideas and tell me what to do.

Ariel Pink

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