Petra Collins Quotes

When I was growing up, my parents would apologize when we didn't have enough money for something. I'd always tell them that it was O.K. and that I had learned to work hard because of them.

Petra Collins

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: December 21, 1992

Topics

WorkMoneyParentsGrowing UpEnough

But really I'm not terribly interested in what I eat.

Jilly Cooper

EatInterestedReallyTerribly

Foreign policy is like human relations, only people know less about each other.

Joe Biden

PeopleKnowHumanPolicyOnlyLike

When I brought home a 98 percent on a test, my father would say, 'Ah, ah, where are the other two points? Go and get them, then bring them back.' My father and Nigerian culture has always stood for excellence.

Jidenna

FatherHomeCultureExcellenceBack

Write down everything you feel about money - 'I love you;' 'I wish I had more of you;' 'I don't trust you;' - Then, look at the ones that aren't quite so pretty and figure out how you can shift them to be in a more positive, grateful space.

Jen Sincero

PositiveLoveI Love YouTrustMoney

When George W. Bush picked Dick Cheney, it was a reassuring sign that the Texas governor would have an experienced, prudent voice at his side.

Jeff Greenfield

VoiceTexasSideWouldSignPrudent

I detest life-insurance agents: they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so.

Stephen Leacock

DayDeathDieAlwaysArgueSome

If you wanna cross somebody, then do that. Don't act like it wasn't you.

Suge Knight

YouActSomebodyLikeCrossThen

In my sobriety, I have discovered that the people I love, and who hurt me, were sick like me.

Sia

LovePeopleMeSickHurtSobriety

I've always been the breadwinner and men don't like that. They turn on you. They bite the hand that feeds them. Eventually, too, they become very jealous of the love one has with an audience.

Shirley Bassey

LoveMenJealousYouHandBecome

If you have a personality predisposed to liberalism, you might gravitate more to the artsy crowd or the anti-establishment crowd. And then those peers will affect you, and they will give you values, and you will copy them.

Jonathan Haidt

PersonalityYouValuesCopyWill

I'm a terrible dancer.

Diego Luna

TerribleDancer

They were totally supportive, always saw everything I did. One of the thrills of my life was when they went to the theater to see something that I wasn't in. It opened doors for them that otherwise would have been totally closed.

Derek Jacobi

LifeMy LifeDoorsEverythingSee

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