Sophie Okonedo Quotes

But I'll tell you what I'm really bad at: I don't concentrate on what I'm doing, so I constantly lose things. I put my purse in the fridge - I'm one of those people.

Sophie Okonedo

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PeopleDoingYouLoseBadTell

Traditionally, we think that people with ideas are innovators - that Silicon Valley is the world of ideas. But within the hedge-fund world, they believe that they are men of ideas - that the trade is unto itself one of ideas.

Andrew Ross Sorkin

MenPeopleIdeasWorldBelieve

No use to shout at them to pay attention. If the situations, the materials, the problems before the child do not interest him, his attention will slip off to what does interest him, and no amount of exhortation of threats will bring it back.

John Holt

ChildProblemsAttentionBackWill

For 30 years I've been responsible for managing client money, and it's been a joy, but at some point I need to move on. Thirty years is enough.

Stanley Druckenmiller

MoneyJoyEnoughMove OnThirty

All human states are organic brain states - happiness, sadness, fear, lust, dreaming, doing math problems and writing novels - and our brains are not static.

Siri Hustvedt

FearHappinessBrainWritingSadness

I like to be able to go out to dinner once in a while. I like to be able to drive my MG up the McKenzie River on a weekday afternoon. I like to be able to pay my bills on time.

Steve Prefontaine

TimeRiverDinnerDriveGoPay

I think I'm going to be a stuntwoman on the side.

Silvia Colloca

ThinkSideGoingI Think

It's a very funny topic, missing weight and getting title shots. I think the punishments should be more severe, but I don't know.

Robert Whittaker

FunnyThinkKnowMoreMissingShots

There was no television, so the radio provided you with everything.

Ruben Blades

YouTelevisionEverythingRadio

I am undefinable. I don't fit into any particular category.

Rufus Wainwright

I AmFitCategoryAnyAmParticular

My dad, we'll be talking about goals for the next year. He's like, 'I think you can be here,' and I look at him like he's cross-eyed, like, 'Are you serious? That's so far out of my reach.' Well, then I always end up achieving it.

Miranda Leek

GoalsThinkEndTalkingYearLook

I've talked with friends about this: when you write about yourself, that's what people connect to. When you write a sermon or a lesson, that may not reach people. I've learned a lot from people who have been writing about themselves.

Lucy Dacus

YourselfPeopleWritingFriendsYou

We put out press releases to tell people what had happened to me and that I had a large weight gain but a lot of people still didn't know. The ones that didn't know were floored. That was a real humbling experience for me.

Lou Gramm

ExperiencePeopleMeKnowRealOut

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