John Niven Quotes

I have an iPhone. I like it for the camera and the fact that you can have your email and Twitter and all that stuff in one place. However, unlike most men I know, I hate buying new technology.

John Niven

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TechnologyHateMenCameraYouKnow

I think all of society should be a think-tank where you throw ideas about. I had hoped the Internet would help. Actually, what it has done is make everybody go schtum. They're attacked for saying anything. So they say nothing.

Jeremy Irons

IdeasSocietySayingThinkHelpYou

As I watched on TV the nest of reporters and groupies surround Palin at the Iowa State Fair, I couldn't help but sit back and wonder if she's become the ultimate party crasher for the Republican Party.

Meghan McCain

HelpBackWonderPartyBecomeShe

My father and his brothers were all lawyers, so I think that the expectation was probably for me to grow up to be an attorney, but it never really fascinated me that much. I was more interested in building things.

Steve Case

FatherMeBuildingThinkGrowNever

My favorite country blues player was Big Bill Broonzy. City blues was Freddie King, but I liked them all - Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Ralph Willis, Lonnie Johnson, Brownie McGhee and the three Kings, B.B., Albert and Freddie. Jazz-wise, I listened to Django, Barney Kessel and Wes Montgomery.

Alvin Lee

KingCityKingsCountryBluesThree

Spring starts in January in the Ozarks, lurches on in a complicated way, with spurts and setbacks, until May. Then, early in May, there is a cold spell known as blackberry winter because it comes when blackberries bloom. It is a worrisome week for anyone who farms.

Sue Hubbell

WinterJanuarySpringColdEarly

Because the Vikings never documented anything - they couldn't read or write - the history is always gonna be a little up in the air.

Travis Fimmel

HistoryNeverWriteAirUpAnything

The thing is that my father's story helps to communicate what was at stake with my mother, and my mother and father had so much a partnership that his story is integral to her story, as her story is to his - really, her story can't be told without his story.

Rory Kennedy

FatherMotherStoryPartnershipHer

I never know why people come up to me. I think a lot of them just get super-excited because they recognize me from TV but they don't remember where.

Mary-Louise Parker

PeopleMeThinkRememberKnowWhy

I don't see how a young American can vote for, well, can vote for a Democrat.

Mitt Romney

AmericanYoungVoteSeeDemocrat

I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

GoodBadNeverLineAshamedShall

Traveling around Ethiopia, I saw dozens of abandoned textile factories. People kept asking me to help them find work. So I thought I could make use of my experience in fashion to commercialize their products outside of Ethiopia.

Liya Kebede

WorkExperiencePeopleMeFashion

Denzel Washington is someone I look up to.

Dayo Okeniyi

SomeoneLookWashingtonUpDenzel

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