Petina Gappah Quotes

People always ask me how I manage to find humor in so much bleakness. I think this is almost a necessary skill to have.

Petina Gappah

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HumorPeopleMeThinkFindSkill

I've learned to steer away from the wrong kind of woman for me.

Joel Kinnaman

WomanMeWrongKindAwayLearned

There are some sentences you cannot see yourself ever writing. 'I heartily endorse the Conservative Party' would be one. 'I look forward to Justin Bieber's new record' would be another.

John Niven

YourselfWritingForwardYouLook

You learn, just as you learn good manners, how to approach things with a certain amount of diplomacy.

Robert MacNeil

GoodLearnYouMannersGood Manners

Voltaire made up his mind to destroy the superstition of his time. He fought with every weapon that genius could devise or use. He was the greatest of all caricaturists, and he used this wonderful gift without mercy.

Robert Green Ingersoll

TimeMindGiftGeniusMercyWithout

I went to NYU completely with the idea I wanted to be the next David Copperfield.

Michael Carbonaro

NextIdeaWantedNYUDavid

I think I got turned onto The Beach Boys for the first time with the 'Endless Summer' album in 1974. The power of that music still, to this day, bypasses the brain and goes straight to the heart. You don't have to think about it; it's something that you feel.

John Stamos

MusicHeartPowerTimeBeachDay

Anything nice that's said about me is diametrically opposed to who I am.

Steve Carell

I AmMeSaidNiceAnythingWho

It's time to put the national interest before the interests of Wall Street.

Martin O'Malley

TimeWallStreetInterestBefore

Starbucks goes to a great effort, and pays twice as much for its coffee as its competitors do, and is very careful to help coffee producers in developing countries grow coffee without pesticides and in ways that preserve forest structure.

Jared Diamond

GreatCoffeeEffortForestHelp

Children love secret club houses. They love secrecy even when there's no need for secrecy.

Donna Tartt

LoveChildrenSecretNeedClubEven

Give me liberty or give me a bran muffin!

Colin Mochrie

MeLibertyGive MeGiveMuffin

I think a reason why actors get reputations for being crazy and neurotic is because your life task is constantly in flux.

Ari Graynor

LifeCrazyThinkWhyReasonTask

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