Joshua Foer Quotes

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Joshua Foer

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I'm very happy to sing whatever I'm singing. I've always enjoyed any role I've been given at a certain time. They've all been favourites, they've all been wonderful pieces to play.

Joan Sutherland

TimeHappySingingPlayWhatever

It's actually sexist to accuse men as a whole of something, you know? It's just - I don't know. A guy can't even open a door for a lady without being called a pig.

Stormy Daniels

MenDoorLadyYouPigKnow

You don't even realise how much you need Internet, but it really stops you from doing a lot.

Millie Bobby Brown

InternetDoingYouNeedEvenMuch

I like the idea that things can exist in different formats - in a gallery, a fashion ad, in books.

Juergen Teller

FashionThingsExistDifferentIdea

I truly believe there is this confidence gap, at least for me. You have to 'manipulate' yourself to get over it,and I do think it has something to do with being a female. If you live in fear or doubt and have that confidence gap, you are simply not going to achieve your full potential and what you know you can achieve.

Julia Hartz

FearConfidenceLiveYourselfMe

But at the same time, I have trouble keeping things out of books, which is why I don't write short stories because they turn into novels.

Jonathan Coe

TimeShortTroubleWhyWriteTurn

'Truth Will Set U Free' is about honesty. My philosophic belief that ultimately being true to yourself is liberating, with every individual's inalienable right to be who they are without fear or recrimination.

Corey Hart

FearHonestyTruthYourselfFree

I have poor people skills, and I cannot become a minister.

Pranav Mistry

PeopleSkillsPoorBecomeCannot

I am and always will be an HRH. But out of personal choice I like to be called William because that is my name and I want people to call me William - for now.

Prince William

I AmPeopleMeNameChoicePersonal

In the late 1990s, I wrote a book from the point of view of a young black woman who has barricaded herself in her college dorm room, pursued by a man, either real or imagined, who finally materializes as the father she has never known.

Susan Shreve

FatherWomanManCollegeBookBlack

I was onstage one night and was singing. I hit one note, and I just doubled over. It was like being punched hard in the back. I couldn't put my back up on the plane seat because of the pain. I got massages, thinking it was muscle spasms. The doctor told me at the time that it was my pancreas. I didn't even know.

Sharon Jones

TimePainMeSingingDoctorNight

Every person I have met who has gone vegan says it is the best decision they have ever made.

Lewis Hamilton

DecisionBestPersonGoneWhoVegan

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