Cheryl Yeoh Quotes

I am a black belt in martial arts. I like to drink scotch. I go skydiving. So I never really saw myself as a woman or a minority. I just went out there and did my thing, and it didn't even cross my mind.

Cheryl Yeoh

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The most moving parts of 'Real American' come when Lythcott-Haims stares unflinchingly at her own self-loathing, writing about the racist encounters of her childhood that convinced her from a young age that there was something inherently wrong with being black.

Jenna Wortham

AgeChildhoodMovingWritingBlack

You don't know what someone's going to walk away from a movie with, but you hope it's something positive, but if nothing, you want them most basically to be entertained and engaged. That's your job. But you also hope to give them something to chew on or maybe some insight into the human existence, you hope a little bit. Not to sound too lofty.

Melissa Rosenberg

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Everybody loves you when you're six foot in the ground.

John Lennon

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In wickedness of pride is lost the light to understand how little grace is earned and how much given.

Robert Hunter

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I think there's a knee-jerk reaction to things from parents.

Spike Jonze

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I got well by talking. Death could not get a word in edgewise, grew discouraged, and traveled on.

Louise Erdrich

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One has to take initiative in life to achieve what he or she wants.

Donald Johanson

LifeAchieveInitiativeSheTakeHe

Theoretically, every probationary officer has a chance to become chairman.

Arundhati Bhattacharya

ChanceBecomeChairmanEveryOfficer

I think I can deceive people. I'm like, the nice, sweet girl when you meet me. And I don't have any bad intentions. But I'm a bad girl too.

Alicia Silverstone

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It is justice and respect that I want the world to dust off and put - without delay, and with tenderness - back on the head of the Palestinian child. It will be imperfect justice and respect because the injustice and disrespect have been so severe. But I believe we are right to try.

Alice Walker

RespectJusticeChildWorldBelieve

Anywhere I see suffering, that is where I want to be, doing what I can.

Princess Diana

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We must not reduce the bosom of the universal church to a nest protecting our mediocrity.

Pope Francis

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