Alexis Wright Quotes

That attitude that I wouldn't succeed didn't come from my family; it came from school and then the township we lived in. I wasn't going to settle for that, and my mother warned us not to settle for less, to make the most of our lives.

Alexis Wright

Recitation: by Male by Female

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FamilyMotherAttitudeSchoolSettle

There are too many mediocre things in life to deal with. Love shouldn't be one of them. Anything less than extraordinary is a waste of my time.

Jill Robinson

LifeLoveTimeAnythingThingsDeal

I have never understood why so many gardeners favour straight lines and narrow, regulated borders; perhaps they think wildness could work only in a larger space.

John Burnside

WorkSpaceThinkWhyNeverBorders

Sharon Stone has made a fortune from her movies, so who says you can't get something for nothing?

Jeff Giles

YouStoneMoviesNothingFortune

In the movie 'Wall Street' I play Gordon Gekko, a greedy corporate executive who cheated to profit while innocent investors lost their savings. The movie was fiction, but the problem is real.

Michael Douglas

ProblemWallProfitInnocentPlay

I was always interested in cooking; it was always a hobby of mine.

Steve Ells

CookingHobbyAlwaysMineInterested

I love the region around Lake Geneva. The landscape is beautiful, very peaceful, and such a nice place to relax and spend time outdoors. It's always a pleasure to come back home.

Stan Wawrinka

LoveHomeBeautifulTimeRelaxLake

It's your human right to push back against something you disagree with. You do that by voting for that guy instead of that guy, or that lady instead of that lady.

Rob Halford

VotingPushLadyYouBackRight

I'm just interested in what makes a photograph.

Mary Ellen Mark

PhotographJustInterestedMakes

Am I afraid of high notes? Of course I am afraid. What sane man is not?

Luciano Pavarotti

ManI AmAfraidHighNotesSane

Dream big!

Josh Ryan Evans

DreamBig

I don't like computers. I still like to do my drawings by hand.

Dieter Rams

ComputersHandStillLikeDrawings

There is a deliberate and quite outspoken attack on the whole idea of people owning private property.

Dixie Lee Ray

PeoplePropertyAttackWholeIdea

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