Cecily von Ziegesar Quotes

Even now, I change my style and clothes from one day to the next, but during high school I blended in. I think a lot of people are that way. I guess that's why I can write about an array of characters.

Cecily von Ziegesar

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 27, 1970

Topics

ChangeStyleDaySchoolPeopleWhy

I don't know any other columnists, and I don't know what they do. I work the single! And nobody does what I do, anyway.

Jimmy Breslin

WorkNobodyKnowSingleAnywayDoes

I do have a strong sense of an order in the universe.

Joan Didion

StrongUniverseOrderSense

The Paris Agreement's going to continue without the United States of America.

John F. Kerry

AmericaParisWithoutUnitedGoing

It's increasingly clear that governments, major corporations, banks, universities and other such bodies view the defense of their secrets as a desperate matter of institutional survival, so much so that the state has gone to extraordinary lengths to punish and/or threaten to punish anyone who so much as tiptoes across the informational line.

Matt Taibbi

ViewSurvivalSecretsMatterLine

The Romans thought of themselves as the chosen people, yet they built the greatest army on Earth by recruiting warriors from any background.

Amy Chua

PeopleThoughtArmyEarthRecruiting

Financial inclusion helps lift people out of poverty and can help speed economic development. It can draw more women into the mainstream of economic activity, harnessing their contributions to society.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

WomenPeopleSocietyFinancialHelp

The one challenge you have when you're going back into history is that people, unlike with today's news - we think we know what's happened already - we think that it's history and therefore less interesting.

Tom Reiss

TodayHistoryChallengePeopleThink

I was not born in a home where there were stereotypes. So that was very useful because it gave me the sense of possibilities, of flying, if I may say, of making my hopes and dreams a reality.

Michelle Bachelet

HomeDreamsMeFlyingRealityBorn

When you have corporate influence on our government outweighing the influence of citizens, that's terrifying. This is something we have to make a big, big noise about.

Josh Fox

GovernmentInfluenceYouNoiseBig

What we look for in the school is unrealized potential.

Donna Reed

SchoolPotentialLook

I believe in the greatness of our democracy.

Chen Shui-bian

GreatnessDemocracyBelieveI Believe

I have a problem keeping my mouth shut. I usually speak my mind. I'm trying to learn my lesson.

Christina Hendricks

MindSpeakLearnProblemMouthShut

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