Ruth Negga Quotes

People ask me where I'm from. I say Ireland, and they are like 'Really? You don't look Irish.' Then you have to explain... people are intrigued, but sometimes you think, 'Why do I have to tell my whole story every time I open my mouth?

Ruth Negga

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I have two passports because I have to have at least one, and I really don't know how I define myself. And I feel that as I get older, I feel very fortunate to have, on paper, a dual nationality.

Jhumpa Lahiri

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I have enough drama in my career, and then always playing dramatic roles and storylines... I like to lead a very low profile.

Jessica Lowndes

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My sound is sort of India Arie meets Colbie Caillat. It's got a sweet-funk to it.

Alyson Stoner

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Employees who report receiving recognition and praise within the last seven days show increased productivity, get higher scores from customers, and have better safety records. They're just more engaged at work.

Tom Rath

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I think online is a better platform. If you look at the metrics, if you look at the delivery system, if you look at social - all of the things that online can do - TV can't compete.

Tom Freston

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I wish for a world that gets that your 'I Can' is exponentially more important than your IQ.

Robin S. Sharma

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I do have the freedom to choose what I want to do and I'll continue to do that.

Moira Kelly

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It's the only time that I'm ever nervous on stage, is when we're doing live TV. Especially an awards show, because I know you can't fix it.

Jason Aldean

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Being the backup, as they call me, I have no pressure at all.

DeAngelo Williams

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Ever since I was nine years old and I watched Neil and Buzz walk on the moon, I have felt passionately that this is an interesting human adventure. This is one of the things we're doing that is really fundamentally important, as we leave our home planet, but also exciting.

Chris Hadfield

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Those early days of comedy are when you get addicted to it.

Colin Quinn

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The blues style - moody or rollicking or boastful or bashful - developed in the Delta around 1900 and was, for a time, exclusively African-American. That isn't the case anymore.

Tim Cahill

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