Kenya Barris Quotes

When I was growing up, I never saw couples fight on the family sitcoms I loved to watch. Subsequently, when tough times arose in my own relationship, I wasn't prepared and felt so isolated and alone. Marital issues weren't a part of the narrative that television told me was a 'working relationship.'

Kenya Barris

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FamilyTough TimesRelationshipAlone

If you had asked me when I was 28 and in my wedding dress if I ever thought I would end up in my forties flipping my husband the bird over potato chips, I'd say you were crazy.

Jenna McCarthy

BirdDressMeCrazyHusbandThought

What happened after publication of our paper was that, for the next 40 years, people said, all right, we now know the answer to the capital structure question under ideal conditions.

Merton Miller

PeopleKnowSaidNowQuestionRight

The one thing I will say for digital, and you won't hear me say that many complimentary things about it, is that it's cheap. It pretty much enables anybody to record as long as you can deal with the sound.

Tom Scholz

MeLongYouSayWillDigital

Premiering a new opera is probably one of the hardest things in the world to do, and opening nights of any opera are always pretty stressful.

Rufus Wainwright

WorldNewOpeningAlwaysOpera

The buck stops with the guy who signs the checks.

Rupert Murdoch

BusinessSignsGuyWhoChecksBuck

When your soul is resting, your emotions are okay, your mind is okay, and your will is at peace with God, not resisting what He's doing.

Joyce Meyer

GodPeaceSoulMindDoingEmotions

But I have a driver, so I can return calls while I'm in the car.

Donna Shalala

CarI CanReturnDriverWhileCalls

I was more active pregnant than I ever was not pregnant. I was doing Body By Simone five days a week. That definitely helped me shed the weight after giving birth. But it's all smoke and mirrors, too. People on Instagram forget that you're showing them what you want them to see. We have filters.

Chrissy Teigen

PeopleMeGivingDoingYouBody

I have a theater company that I'm a part of, Colt Coeur, and they do some really rad projects.

Ato Essandoh

CompanySomeTheaterPartReally

You got to treat Mobb Deep different because our fan base is different. Our fan base is in the 'hood across the world.

Prodigy

WorldTreatDeepHoodYouDifferent

Poppy does not identify with an age.

Poppy

AgeIdentifyPoppyDoes

Writing is a kind of performing art, and I can't sit down to write unless I'm dressed. I don't mean dressed in a suit, but dressed well and comfortably and I have to be shaved and bathed.

Peter O'Toole

ArtWritingDownDressedKindMean

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