Janine di Giovanni Quotes

In Pakistan, the right to go to school is not a given. In the more rural areas, a girl is born, married off as early as 9 years old, and basically lives life under the control of men.

Janine di Giovanni

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LifeGirlMenSchoolControlEarly

Some of the hydrogen in your body comes from the Big Bang, and when you see a kid walking down the street with a helium balloon, you can say, 'There goes some of the primordial universe.'

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

UniverseWalkingYouBodyDownSay

I highly doubt that many people are as organized as me.

Joel Robuchon

PeopleMeDoubtOrganizedMany

I discovered that silent film is almost an advantage. You just have to think of the feeling for it to show. No lines pollute it. It doesn't take much - a gaze, an eyelash flutter - for the emotion to be vivid.

Jean Dujardin

ThinkYouFeelingSilentEmotion

I think when you're a bigger star you get many good scripts sent to you, and you have to choose which one you're going to gravitate toward, but I just try to gravitate toward the best-written one that's been thrown my way after a lot of girls have passed on it.

Amanda Peet

GoodThinkYouChooseWayTry

What I like about Bain Capital is that we have Republicans, we have Democrats, we have independents; we are a diverse firm in terms of political views. But what we do is we sit down and we try to solve the problems.

Stephen Pagliuca

ProblemsPoliticalDownTrySit

'Veep' has been one of the best rides of my life.

Tony Hale

LifeBestMy LifeBeenRides

Australia is so cool that it's hard to even know where to start describing it. The beaches are beautiful; so is the weather. Not too crowded. Great food, great music, really nice people. It must be a lot like Los Angeles was many years ago.

Mary-Kate Olsen

MusicBeautifulGreatFoodPeople

I'd much rather try and fail than talk about trying.

Mike Birbiglia

TryingTryTalkFailRatherThan

Networks are operating from a fear base where it's all about playing the popularity game.

Mo Collins

FearGamePopularityPlayingWhere

There was a point in time where I was doing movies to be able to afford to live in a certain way.

Ashton Kutcher

LiveTimeDoingMoviesWayPoint

I'm an inventor. I don't enjoy running the business.

Woody Norris

BusinessEnjoyInventorRunning

I am utterly struck how, 300 years after his execution, Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire.

Peter Jennings

ReligionI AmExecutionYearsEmpire

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