Alma Guillermoprieto Quotes

Well, one of the things I discovered in the course of looking back and writing about what I saw in my memory is that I was a closely observant person long before I became a reporter.

Alma Guillermoprieto

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MemoryLooking BackWritingLooking

I think talking is as casual as blogging, and sometimes writing can be as casual as talking. My informal writing style is a political choice, because I want feminism to be more accessible.

Jessica Valenti

StyleWritingThinkPoliticalChoice

I can't even explain to you how terrible that feels, that I equate dating a woman with punishment, shame, guilt, disappointment, reproach, reprimand, persecution. It's a nightmare.

John Mayer

WomanDatingDisappointmentGuilt

I've had a couple of people come up to me after screenings and say they kind of sympathized with the character. I always get a kick out of it when people say that. It means I did something maybe a little bit to the credit of the character.

Michael Eklund

CharacterPeopleMeCreditSayKind

Eisenhower had the clearest blue eyes. He would fix them on you. In my every interview with him, he would lock his eyes on to mine and keep them there.

Stephen Ambrose

EyesBlueYouFixHimBlue Eyes

There's several different forms of executive privilege. The one that is most absolute would be close advisers talking to the president himself.

Trey Gowdy

TalkingPrivilegePresidentDifferent

Normally, it takes me about three years to write one of the big books. It is usually four years between releases because of the huge amount of travel and PR and just nuisance going on around them. I have a lot of pressure from publishers and agents.

Diana Gabaldon

TravelMePressureThreeWriteBig

I don't have a lavish lifestyle with expensive cars.

Donny Osmond

LifestyleExpensiveLavish

I got my first instrument at Christmas when I was three or four. My dad and mom got me a mandolin. It was the only instrument that fit me because I was so small. I went straight from that into drums when I was six and then started playing guitar when I was seven or eight.

Chord Overstreet

MeMomSmallGuitarThreeChristmas

I understand a woman who validates herself by getting attention from the opposite sex. I have a friend who is that to a T... Doesn't mean she isn't a good person. That's a funny character to play.

Cheryl Hines

FunnyGoodFriendCharacterWoman

Being a mother, singer and actress is a definite juggling act, but I don't think I would be comfortable any other way.

Christina Aguilera

MotherThinkComfortableWaySinger

In the 2013 Economists Program, we hired 51 percent women, 49 percent men. And the reason for that is that we have a draft from all over the world, and we've hired, for instance, in that group, a good number of Chinese economists - highly qualified, all Ph.D.s from the best universities of the world. And guess what? They're all women.

Christine Lagarde

GoodWomenBestMenWorldGroup

Anyone can go online and write anything they want about people they don't even know, and most of the time, that is fueled by hate. The sad part is that people actually believe what they read online.

Colton Haynes

SadTimeHatePeopleBelieveKnow

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