Janet Street-Porter Quotes

Sometimes I've looked at a plate of food and wondered if it wouldn't look better as a hat.

Janet Street-Porter

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FoodHatBetterLookSometimes

When you have a problem, rules don't solve your problem. It's caring and education.

Jim Brown

EducationCaringProblemYouRules

The pain comes from knowing that we have never been safe, and therefore will never be safe again. It comes from knowing we can never be so ignorant again. It comes from knowing we can never be children again. Losing innocence. Remembering heaven. That was the essence of hell.

John Jakes

ChildrenPainLosingHellInnocence

There is so much to sailing a ship. There's about a thousand different lines on a brig ship, and knowing what each one of those does, it takes a long time, and that's why you have these cabin boys that start on the ship, and they learn throughout the years, and that's why it takes so long to captain one.

Tom Holland

TimeStartShipLearnLongYou

Usually, writing lyrics for me is like bleeding drop by drop from the forehead.

Matt Berninger

MeWritingForeheadDropLike

If there ever is government-run health care, the first ones to sign up should be the president and every member of Congress, including myself. You should be able to keep the insurance you've got today, if you like it, and always choose your own doctor.

Mike Ross

TodayHealthMyselfDoctorCareYou

New York is a bit of a dangerous place to me because you often leave in a blur.

Mika

New YorkMeBlurYouPlaceNew

Coming from New Zealand, all the music I listen to is not made by New Zealanders. People never come to New Zealand to play a show because it's in the middle of nowhere.

Lorde

MusicPeoplePlayNewListenNever

If you want something, you can't wait for someone to make it happen for you.

Jon Huertas

WaitMake It HappenSomeoneYouWant

Though public pronouncements of Israeli officials emphasize peace and mutuality, unilateralism actually drives Israeli actions.

Douglas Feith

PeaceActionsThoughPublicActually

I only want to work with interesting filmmakers.

Douglas Booth

WorkInterestingWantOnly

My grandmother, who passed away at the beginning of November, had a core adage in her life that 'life is not about what happens to you but about what you do with what happens to you.' She recently had been cajoling me and challenging me to do more with my life. To lead more of a purposefully public life.

Chelsea Clinton

LifeBeginningMeMy LifeYouShe

People discuss my art and pretend to understand as if it were necessary to understand, when it's simply necessary to love.

Claude Monet

LoveArtPeopleUnderstandPretend

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