Cornelia Parker Quotes

My father wanted a boy badly and didn't get one, so I was happy to be the surrogate boy. I was very strong, always doing manual labour.

Cornelia Parker

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FatherHappyStrongDoingBoyGet

I have huge respect for whistle-blowers, people who stand up against their bosses and losing their careers, just for truth and justice.

John Leguizamo

TruthRespectJusticeLosingPeople

Certainly, our work has identified CTE in many professional football players, but we're also seeing it in a very high percentage of college players.

Ann McKee

WorkFootballCollegeSeeingHigh

My writing is sort of 'Sidney Sheldon meets Anne Tyler.'

John Searles

WritingSortMeetsAnneTyler

I can tell you what I really love: when I run into people on the street that tell me they have connected with my music.

Solange Knowles

LoveMusicPeopleMeYouI Can

Regrettably, it has become clear that torture of detainees in United States custody is not limited to Abu Ghraib or even Iraq. Since Abu Ghraib, there have been increasing reports of torture.

Marty Meehan

BecomeTortureUnitedClearBeen

Women often don't want to be typecast as the girl that's sad.

Julia Michaels

WomenGirlSadWantOftenTypecast

Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others.

Jon Postel

YouAcceptOthersConservative

It is a rare mind indeed that can render the hitherto non-existent blindingly obvious. The cry 'I could have thought of that' is a very popular and misleading one, for the fact is that they didn't, and a very significant and revealing fact it is too.

Douglas Adams

MindThoughtCryRareObviousFact

While I write this letter, I have a pistol in one hand and a sword in the other.

Boyle Roche

SwordHandWritePistolLetter

There's no single right place to be an entrepreneur, but certainly there's something about Silicon Valley.

Peter Thiel

EntrepreneurPlaceRightSingle

Men secretly respect a woman who is strong, has confidence and has dreams of her own. There's nothing more attractive to a man than a woman who has dignity and pride in who she is.

Sherry Argov

ConfidenceDreamsRespectMenWoman

What 'multiculturalism' boils down to is that you can praise any culture in the world except Western culture - and you cannot blame any culture in the world except Western culture.

Thomas Sowell

CultureBlameWorldYouDownPraise

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