Tessa Thompson Quotes

We have this real problem as human beings to put people on pedestals - with celebrities, with historical figures - and we forget they're humans just like us.

Tessa Thompson

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PeopleProblemForgetHumanRealUs

I've arrived at the place if I'm not taking a career risk, I'm not happy. If I'm scared, then I know I'm being challenged.

Jim Carrey

HappyCareerPlaceKnowRiskScared

I've had so much plastic surgery, when I die they will donate my body to Tupperware.

Joan Rivers

DieBodyWillPlasticSurgeryMuch

I never intended to set out and be a singer-songwriter. I just sort of became one because I put out my own record.

Jenny Lewis

My OwnNeverOutOwnBecauseJust

There's never been a better time to change the way you think. Replace every 'I can't' with 'How can I?' It might sound like semantics, but I promise it will bring whatever you want to accomplish much closer to becoming a reality.

Maynard Webb

ChangeTimeThinkRealityBetter

No salesman can ever guarantee you a grant from any government or non-profit organization.

Matthew Lesko

GovernmentOrganizationYouSalesman

The rise of King Crimson was so fast that, to me, it felt as if it was going out of control. And it was going so fast that I couldn't keep up with what was happening.

Michael Giles

KingMeControlRiseFastOut

Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.

Jean de La Fontaine

LionSkinDressedSpreadFarWide

Not only is there but one way of doing things rightly, but there is only one way of seeing them, and that is, seeing the whole of them.

John Ruskin

DoingSeeingWayThingsWholeOnly

Every theory presented as a scientific concept is just that; it's a theory that tries to explain more about the world than previous theories have done. It is open to being challenged and to being proven incorrect.

Marvin Harris

WorldDoneMoreExplainOpenTheory

I once waited on a group of 10 people, and one guy collected the money from the check and tipped me $20 on $600. I told him in front of everyone, 'Jews like you give Jews like me a bad name.' That was my last waitressing job.

Chelsea Handler

MoneyJobPeopleMeNameYou

Many European countries, as well as Australia, Canada, Israel, and New Zealand, have adopted legislation that creates a 'public lending right', where the government recognises that enabling hundreds of people to read a single copy of a book provides a public good, but that doing so is likely to reduce sales of the book.

Peter Singer

GoodGovernmentPeopleBookDoing

It's never been clearer that unrestrained market forces do not produce the kind of societies we aspire to - economically stable and socially inclusive, where citizens have access to secure jobs with the dignity of a fair wage and a welfare safety net.

Sharan Burrow

SafetyDignityKindNeverFair

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