Petina Gappah Quotes

These are the kinds of names that Zimbabweans like: names that have positive qualities. Like, Praise is a very popular name; Loveness is a very popular name.

Petina Gappah

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PositiveNamePraiseNamesKinds

I love show business. It's my life, honey, and I try to enjoy it.

Jimmy Scott

LifeLoveBusinessMy LifeEnjoy

The world is littered with the tales of small businesses in the dire straits of hiring that spent time and money they couldn't afford to hire people who couldn't perform.

Michael Gerber

TimeMoneyPeopleWorldSmallHire

I admire our ancestors, whoever they were. I think the first self-conscious person must have shaken in his boots. Because as he becomes self-conscious, he's no longer part of nature. He sees himself against nature. He looks at the vastness of the universe and it looks hostile.

John Shelby Spong

NatureThinkUniverseBootsPerson

I'm trying to make as many films as I can.

Tony Kaye

TryingI CanMakeManyFilms

Whites have not had to build the cognitive or affective skills or develop the stamina that would allow for constructive engagement across racial divides.

Robin DiAngelo

SkillsBuildRacialEngagementWould

Surely, we've got a way that we can tinker with this system that shuttles our children from decrepit, underfunded schools to brand-new high-tech prisons.

Michelle Alexander

ChildrenWaySystemGotOurPrisons

I didn't know anything about running gear when I started out, but after trying a few shoe brands, I've discovered that Brooks are my preferred shoes.

Christy Turlington

ShoesTryingKnowShoeOutAnything

Even if I knew for certain that I would never have anything published again, and would never make another cent from it, I would still keep on writing.

Brenda Ueland

WritingNeverAnythingKeepAgain

The strategy we need to pursue is one of recovering our time - to push back on our hours of work. We need to form a new alliance between feminist groups, labor unions, child advocates, progressive corporations, and the federal government insofar as it's willing to pursue a family-friendly agenda.

Arlie Russell Hochschild

WorkTimeGovernmentChildPushNew

I don't sing because I'm happy; I'm happy because I sing.

William James

HappyBecauseSing

If it is true that the great missionaries of the 16th century were convinced that one who was not baptized was lost - and that explains their missionary commitment - in the Catholic Church after the Second Vatican Council, that conviction was definitely abandoned.

Pope Benedict XVI

GreatCommitmentChurchLostTrue

I'm outspoken and I'm headstrong.

Poppy Montgomery

HeadstrongOutspoken

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