Jonathan Krisel Quotes

'Portlandia' is 100 percent improvised, and I came into this business not knowing anything.

Jonathan Krisel

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BusinessNot KnowingKnowingAnything

I really enjoy dressing up. I'm pretty much a girlie girl.

Joanne Froggatt

GirlEnjoyDressingUpPrettyMuch

This is embarrassing and personal, but once a month, since I was twelve years old, I go to my favorite jewelry store and try on my dream ring.

Jennifer Love Hewitt

JewelryDreamGoRingPersonalTry

For a person who grew up in the '30s and '40s in the segregated South, with so many doors closed without explanation to me, libraries and books said, 'Here I am, read me.' Over time I have learned I am at my best around books.

Maya Angelou

TimeBestI AmMeDoorsPerson

The thing that surprises me most is, you cannot change who you are.

Jeff Probst

ChangeMeYouSurprisesCannotMost

It was one of those great miracles of history that they managed to smuggle an Enigma machines out to Britain just before they were invaded by the Nazis.

Michael Apted

HistoryGreatMiraclesOutEnigma

Many Afghan intellectuals in the United States believe that their country is best kept together. They are encouraged by the fact that no leading tribal or political figure there has called for secession.

Stephen Kinzer

BestTogetherBelievePoliticalFact

Yes - it's the same in any other work - the more you massage your thinking the more capable I believe you are of expanding how you go about things and learning.

Siobhan Davies

WorkLearningBelieveThinkingYou

I'm Japanese, and I'm also white American, and neither camp wants me in their camp.

Mitski

MeAmericanWhiteJapaneseWants

I worked very hard, but I think it's unfair to make it all sound like it's all David's fault.

Liza Minnelli

ThinkUnfairSoundHardFaultLike

I think that the World Champion should try to defend the quality of play more than anyone else.

Boris Spassky

QualityWorldChampionThinkPlay

Stress on fast growing companies comes from a lot of different places. The one that is often the largest, and creates the most second-order issues, is the composition of the leadership team. More specifically, it's specific people on the leadership who don't have the scale experience their role requires at a particular moment in time.

Brad Feld

LeadershipTimeMomentStressPeople

I didn't really know anything about Margot Fonteyn. I'd never really been a ballet child, so I had no idea what an incredibly huge icon she was, not just in terms of a creative icon - she was also a style icon. I had no idea she was up there with Audrey Hepburn and Jackie Onassis in terms of that kind of image.

Anne-Marie Duff

StyleCreativeChildKnowKindShe

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