Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Quotes

The people of Liberia know what it means to be deprived of clean water, but we also know what it means to see our children to begin to smile again with a restoration of hope and faith in the future.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: statesman
  • Nationality:
  • Birth: October 29, 1938

Topics

SmileFutureFaithHopeChildren

There's an obvious marketing component to doing something digitally where you're reaching out to new readers that you can't do in the existing print marketplace, or that it's difficult to do in the existing print marketplace.

Jim Lee

DoingYouMarketingNewDifficult

I'm a stand-up comic, but I also have ideas, and I want to get them out. People think getting in front of the mic is the only way to work out. You've got to try different situations.

Joey Diaz

WorkPeopleIdeasThinkYouWant

I'm from Berkeley, so I don't really aspire to a lot of glitzy stuff. But things like having a home that I'm comfortable in or leasing a car that I'm comfortable in, basic everyday kind of stuff, I will splurge for that.

Andy Samberg

HomeCarKindComfortableEveryday

You can't help but have your children and your family be part of what you dream about when you dream up a song.

Stone Gossard

FamilyChildrenSongHelpYouDream

Console game publishing has become more like theatrical release film-making and it is very hard if you are not one of the major publishers, and even for them it is hard unless they are working with major game brands.

Trip Hawkins

GameYouBecomeMoreHardRelease

I live in too many cities.

Shirley MacLaine

LiveManyTooCities

I'm a freak, everything has to be totally flat when I play. Ed Will, my jazz teacher, set up everything completely flat, and then you'd tilt your snare drum away from you, so I do that too. So my snare tilts away from me.

Travis Barker

TeacherMeYouPlayJazzWill

Growing up, there was a lot of pressure for women to be good-looking, but my mum was very strict, and she didn't allow me to wear make-up. Looking back, it was good for me. It slowed me down from becoming an adult too quickly.

Dolores O'Riordan

GoodWomenLooking BackGrowing Up

I'm very sensitive to the English language. I studied the dictionary obsessively when I was a kid and collect old dictionaries. Words, I think, are very powerful and they convey an intention.

Drew Barrymore

WordsThinkLanguagePowerfulKid

When I set out to research the story of the Culper Spy Ring, I had no idea where it would take me.

Brian Kilmeade

MeResearchStoryRingOutSpy

Hydration is really important, particularly as a beach volleyball player.

Brooke Sweat

BeachImportantPlayerVolleyball

There are some songs where I'll have had the music for 20 years and then finally the lyric will come through. That's not common but it does happen. Then there are other songs that come really quickly.

Tim Finn

MusicWillYearsHappenThrough

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