Petina Gappah Quotes

You could have names like Hatred; you could have names that mean something like Suffering or Poverty. So names are not just names: names have real meaning, and they tend to tell the world about the circumstances of your parents at the time that you were born.

Petina Gappah

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TimeParentsSufferingWorldMeaning

I think smartphones are one of humanity's most remarkable creations: computers are amazing enough, but a supercomputer you can carry in your pocket and communicate instantly with anyone, anywhere... it's no wonder they're troublingly addictive.

John Lanchester

AmazingComputersThinkEnoughYou

Sir Richard Branson is probably the best communicator ever. He was an inspiration for me - contrary to some reports, we've never done business together, although we did discuss an aviation venture very early on. I don't think easyJet competes with Virgin - we're in different areas.

Stelios Haji-Ioannou

BusinessBestTogetherMeThink

Why comes temptation but for man to meet And master and make crouch beneath his foot, And so be pedestaled in triumph?

Robert Browning

ManTemptationMeetTriumphWhyHis

Agency is a divine gift to you. You are free to choose what you will be and what you will do.

Russell M. Nelson

FreeGiftYouChooseWillDivine

Reruns are wonderful because it usually indicates that they had something going for them to begin with and that's why you're still looking at them. And in both my shows, The Dick Van Dyke Show and the last one, they were so well written and so good they hold up.

Mary Tyler Moore

GoodLookingYouWhyBeginUp

Being in a band is always a compromise. Provided that the balance is good, what you lose in compromise, you gain by collaboration.

Mike Rutherford

GoodBalanceCollaborationCompromise

I had it on my mind that I will fight in Cologne, because UFC is coming to Germany, where the biggest and largest Croatian community lives there. It was my big, big, big wish to participate. Even my doctor didn't believe I will make it, but I did.

Mirko Cro Cop

CommunityFightMindDoctorBelieve

I still have to audition for most things.

Loretta Devine

ThingsStillAuditionMost

I wouldn't mind paying taxes - if I knew they were going to a friendly country.

Dick Gregory

MindCountryTaxesFriendlyGoing

You marry somebody; you love everything about them. You grow to learn about them. You never learn everything.

Chris Daughtry

LoveAnniversaryGrowLearnYou

If I had a message to give my dad, it'd probably be, 'Thank you, thank you, thank you.' He's helped me so much on this crazy journey. Giving up his job, being away from my mom, and being away from home for that much just because of me? It's a lot. And I thank him for it.

Chloe Kim

HomeJourneyJobMeMomCrazy

At home, I'm definitely not watching golf. I'd rather be watching baseball, basketball, football, whatever it is.

Brooks Koepka

HomeFootballBaseballBasketball

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