Doris Duke Quotes

In my Indian bedroom, the carved, cut-out marble jalis, or screens, which were formerly used by Indian princes to keep their wives from other eyes, have a new purpose: they are not only decorations, but a means of security, for they can be locked without shutting off the air.

Doris Duke

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: celebrity
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 22, 1912 - October 28, 1993

Topics

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The only bond worth anything between human beings is their humanness.

Jesse Owens

BondWorthHumanAnythingOnly

You can burn a lot of calories mopping the house.

Jerry Hall

YouHouseBurnCaloriesLot

I like to think I'm pretty smart with what I was able to do academically, but whenever I get on the field I turn into the Incredible Hulk and I am unstoppable.

Robert Griffin III

SmartI AmThinkTurnPrettyGet

I'm not here to tell you what your average needs to be, but it would seem to me that one way to protect yourself, as an entrepreneur, from the dreaded average is to understand what that looks like in your industry, your business, and your personal life and take the steps to be above average.

Michael Gerber

LifeBusinessYourselfMeYouLooks

Anytime you tell a story about someone who has made a hard, fast decision, if you're telling an honest story, over time that hard, fast decision is probably gonna become opaque, and they are going to see the downsides of the choices they've made.

Stephen McFeely

TimeDecisionChoicesStorySomeone

Had the decision belonged to Senator Kerry, Saddam hussein would still be in power today in Iraq. In fact, Saddam Hussein would almost certainly still be in control of Kuwait.

Dick Cheney

TodayPowerDecisionControlAlmost

I grew up in the Bronx.

Chris Hayes

UpBronxGrew

Unfortunately, prisons try very hard to make us inhuman and unreal by denying our image, and thus our existence, to the rest of the world.

Chelsea Manning

WorldRestTryHardImageExistence

We meet a lot of people, we drink lots of stuff and have lots of fun.

Bon Scott

FunPeopleMeetDrinkStuffLots

I have perfected the art of putting my feet on my husband's lap during awards ceremonies so he can rub them.

Annette Bening

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When I first began to write fiction, I didn't think I was a comic writer; I thought I was a serious writer. I was surprised when the first novel I wrote was regarded as a funny novel.

Anthony Burgess

FunnyThinkThoughtSeriousFirst

Rationality is not one of this industry's attributes.

Scott Hamilton

IndustryAttributesRationality

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