Philomena Kwao Quotes

My best advice is to celebrate your own unique features and never put them down. There is beauty in individuality, and it's so important to appreciate everything your body allows you to do. It's OK to have a down day - we all do from time to time - but it's not OK to compare yourself to others.

Philomena Kwao

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BeautyTimeBestDayYourselfBody

There's a certain trope in young adult fiction. A young girl gets cancer and becomes this radiant person who's a fountain of insight. Everyone who encounters her is changed for the better. That doesn't happen all the time. The whole thing is much more difficult to process. Adults have trouble with it, so why shouldn't we expect teens to?

Jesse Andrews

GirlTimeProcessBetterPersonWhy

We need to end the government monopoly in education by transferring power from bureaucracies and unions to families. The era of defining public education as allegiance to centralized school districts must end.

Jeb Bush

EducationPowerGovernmentSchool

If I were to continue on with 'The Host,' which is a possibility, there are characters and stories that could continue... If I went ahead with that, it would be two more... Next would be 'The Soul,' and then 'The Seeker.'

Stephenie Meyer

SoulAheadMoreTwoNextWould

People work really hard to get to a certain point. But they have to work just as hard to stay there.

Robin Tunney

WorkPeopleHardPointStayGet

Believe it or not, I used to be obsessed with shoes. I have maybe 50 pairs... until I moved to New York, when I realized I couldn't walk anywhere in any of them.

Ruthie Ann Miles

ShoesWalkNew YorkBelieveNew

That image of the countryside being a threatening place still exists. People continue to resist the challenge of learning about aspects of life they don't understand.

Mary Wesley

LifeLearningChallengePeoplePlace

Only one thing can conquer war - that attitude of mind which can see nothing in war but destruction and annihilation.

Ludwig von Mises

AttitudeWarMindConquerNothing

The Lisa Loeb Eyewear line was created to satisfy all of those people who always stop me and ask me where I get my glasses because they want some just like mine!

Lisa Loeb

PeopleMeGlassesStopWantLine

I'm a serial renovator of apartments and old houses, so I'm in daily need of doorknobs, subway tiles, and 14-foot-tall pier mirrors.

Donald Baechler

DailyMirrorsOldNeedSubway

When you work with actors, what you're hoping to absorb is good ways to be an actor as opposed to how to handle being famous.

Domhnall Gleeson

WorkGoodFamousYouActorHandle

You know when people leave a job, and they say they didn't know what they came away with after two years? That's how I felt when I first left Google.

Dennis Crowley

JobPeopleYouKnowSayGoogle

Growing up, I was so involved in music in different ways, be it taking piano lessons or guitar lessons. As a listener, I was always so inspired.

Chelsea Lankes

MusicGrowing UpGuitarGrowingUp

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