John Shimkus Quotes

Various Turkish people invaded southwest Asia during the Middle Ages and carved an empire for themselves from lands occupied by the indigenous Semitic and Indo-European inhabitants.

John Shimkus

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PeopleEmpireMiddleIndigenousAsia

I was very happy and honored to create the Professor Garfield Foundation with Ball State to make reading fun.

Jim Davis

FunHappyReadingFoundationCreate

It was good to travel to the other side of the world.

Andre Braugher

GoodTravelWorldSideOther

Even great people are always slightly disappointing, which is generally what makes them interesting.

Steve Coogan

GreatPeopleInterestingGreat People

There's a lot of material from my life in my books, but they're not really autobiographical, in the sense that they're not about my life. So, in 'A Feather on the Breath of God' I write about my parents, I write about this Russian immigrant, I write about the world of dance, but it isn't an autobiography; so much is left out.

Sigrid Nunez

LifeGodDanceParentsWorldWrite

I love curating, because I'm lucky and privileged that I have a platform and I can share my discoveries with other people.

Martin Parr

LovePeopleI CanLuckyShareOther

After I arrived in Mountain View, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area, I entered sixth grade and quickly grew to love my new home, family and culture. I discovered a passion for language, though it was hard to learn the difference between formal English and American slang.

Jose Antonio Vargas

FamilyLoveHomePassionCulture

With modeling, you pose. You want to look your best all the time. With acting, you have to be aware of the camera, but the more you show your imperfections, the better you're going to be.

Diane Kruger

TimeBestBetterCameraLookActing

I believe that every single one of us, celebrity or not, has a responsibility to get involved in trying to make a difference in the world. Our generation faces many challenges, some of which were passed on to us by the past generations, but it's up to us to find solutions today so that we don't keep passing our problems on.

Shakira

TodayResponsibilityPastChallenges

Elite colleges like Stanford are extremely inaccessible. They're failing in their mission to provide access.

Sebastian Thrun

MissionEliteLikeStanfordFailing

My father is a very strict man.

Nneka

FatherManStrictVery

The will is a beast of burden. If God mounts it, it wishes and goes as God wills; if Satan mounts it, it wishes and goes as Satan wills; Nor can it choose its rider... the riders contend for its possession.

Martin Luther

GodChooseWishesBurdenWillSatan

There are disasters that happen - Hurricane Harvey came up, and you had people self-organizing through the community and getting in boats and driving around rescuing people coordinated ad hoc through this network. That's not a media function.

Mark Zuckerberg

CommunityPeopleDrivingMediaYou

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