Pramila Jayapal Quotes

I came to the United States by myself when I was 16 years old. My parents had about $5,000 in their bank account, and they used it all to send me here because they truly believed that this country was where I was going to get the best education and have the best opportunities.

Pramila Jayapal

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Topics

EducationMyselfBestParentsMe

Being in school, whenever I laughed or smiled, I would turn to find someone staring at me with this terrible hatred and disgust. I had to control everything - control my voice, control my facial expressions, control my hair and my clothes, and where I walked and where I sat - at every moment. I think that drove me to terrible anxiety.

John Grant

MomentSchoolMeControlHairThink

Any society that starts forbidding certain words or expressions is a society you should be wary about, whether it's the KGB or social consensus that enforces it.

Stellan Skarsgard

WordsSocietyYouConsensusSocial

My acting technique is a combination of a lot of different ones. A lot of it is Meisner.

Ross Butler

ActingCombinationDifferentLot

When I get mean, I get mean.

Mick Mars

MeanGet

Sometimes it works. Sometimes I feel like playing 'Hospital'. Sometimes I feel like playing 'Pablo Picasso'. I've been playing a lot lately. I do it as long as I feel like it.

Jonathan Richman

FeelLongSometimesHospitalPlaying

I made a lot of good friends in Philadelphia and the last thing that I would want to do is dog anyone in that clubhouse. If I made it sound like that, it was a mistake.

Cory Lidle

DogGoodMistakeFriendsWantSound

Performing a song is intense. When I see people connecting, it makes it all worthwhile.

Sharon Van Etten

PeopleSongSeeConnectingI See

Belts distract the eye from a bloated tummy, a heavy-set upper body and all manner of sins. They can be a superb way to update your wardrobe without breaking the bank, and there's no reason to stop wearing them, ever!

Twiggy

EyeBodyStopWayBankReason

I think in friendship, you want to be there for your friend, and sometimes you just don't know what to do or the relationship you have with them is not clear enough for you to know what to do.

Marion Cotillard

FriendshipFriendRelationshipThink

Because of my poor writing posture, I started walking in the forest every day, and I found it a potent place to be creatively. It changed me in that it was a new way of doing my creative process, and I realised how much I liked being among tall trees.

Morris Gleitzman

DayCreativeMeWritingTreesDoing

I get so annoyed at people not looking after their parents. The deal is when we are growing up they look after us and as they grow older we look after them. That's the deal.

Len Goodman

ParentsPeopleGrowing UpLookingUp

This is actually a very important principle that science is learning about large systems like evolution and that futurists are learning about anticipating human society: just because a future scenario is plausible doesn't mean we can get there from here.

Kevin Kelly

LearningFutureScienceSocietyMean

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Pramila Jayapal