Andreja Pejic Quotes

Instead of trying to be the queen of cool, it feels like more of an achievement to work with mainstream brands and reach as many people as possible. It's more unexpected for someone like me.

Andreja Pejic

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WorkAchievementQueenPeopleCool

My grandmother, who taught me how to cook, didn't know how to read.

Jill Lepore

MeKnowGrandmotherCookWhoRead

Being 90 is not simple, but it's interesting, very interesting. Before I was 90, I could walk, I could see well, I could hear terrific, and now, I can't hear or see or walk.

Jerry Lewis

WalkSimpleInterestingNowSee

I remembered, like, when 'Not When My Daughter' came out, I'm serious, I think dating for Iranian men became a lot harder. Dude's name, Shahrokh - became Tony. Mehsud became Mike.

Maz Jobrani

DaughterMenDatingThinkNameOut

If you take my equipment away from me, I might as well retire.

John O'Keefe

MeYouRetireTakeAwayWell

A small silence came between us, as precise as a picture hanging on the wall.

Jean Stafford

SilenceSmallPictureWallHanging

My dad said, 'The thing that I was told that was really helpful was that I mustn't be afraid of the things I was afraid of when I was five years old'. The shock of his childhood had put him in this defensive crouch against the world, and he needed to know that he had a nice wife and kids and it wasn't the same any more.

Tom Hooper

ChildhoodWifeWorldKnowSaidNice

Plush velvet conjures up kings and opulence.

Roger Stone

KingsUpVelvetOpulence

I have visited some places where the differences between black and white are not as profound as they used to be, but I think there is a new form of racism growing in Europe and that is focused on people who are Middle Eastern. I see it.

Montel Williams

Black And WhiteRacismPeopleThink

Velano Vascular has developed a simple, game-changing innovation that will improve the way medicine has been practiced for decades.

Mitch Kapor

InnovationSimpleMedicineWillWay

Religiosity turns out to be the best indicator of civic involvement: it's more accurate than education, age, income, gender or race.

Jonathan Sacks

EducationAgeBestGenderRaceMore

It's an ear job, not an eye job.

Donald T. Regan

JobEyeEar

Fiction is no longer the dominant storytelling device of our time. In the 19th century it worked great, and fiction was the king, but it's not the king any more.

Chuck Palahniuk

GreatTimeKingMoreStorytelling

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