Temple Grandin Quotes

I can remember the frustration of not being able to talk. I knew what I wanted to say, but I could not get the words out, so I would just scream.

Temple Grandin

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WordsFrustrationRememberI CanSay

Many of us think that compassion drains us, but I promise you it is something that truly enlivens us.

Joan Halifax

CompassionThinkYouSomethingUs

Have you seen these Japanese hospital droids, or humanoids, or whatever they call it? They've perfected the skin, and the skin looks so real. They have these motors between the eyes for when they smile. It's just mind-blowing.

Joel Kinnaman

SmileEyesYouLooksSkinHospital

I became CEO at the beginning of the hit on old economy stocks. When something like that occurs in your first six months as a CEO of a more traditional branded firm, it makes for a fast learning curve.

Andrea Jung

LearningBeginningFastMoreEconomy

The French no longer respect their language, because they no longer love themselves, and, no longer loving themselves, they no longer love what was the instrument of their glory - their language.

Maurice Druon

LoveRespectLanguageLovingGlory

Can you not see that women could do and would do a hundred times more for the slave, if she were not fettered?

Angelina Grimke

WomenYouMoreSheSeeSlave

When I was three, I wanted to be four. When I was four, I wanted to be prime minister.

Jeffrey Archer

ThreePrimeFourWantedMinister

When new things come along, some people always want the newest of the new - 'This is what I've been waiting for!' - and some people don't want or need the change - 'I like my old one.'

Amy Heckerling

ChangeNew ThingsWaitingPeopleNew

I like ice hockey. No one is ever going to ask me to write about that as a metaphor for life.

Steven Pinker

LifeMeHockeyIceWriteAsk

And it was a great experience, you know, to travel the world and compete at a certain level. It teaches you discipline, focus, and certainly keeps you out of trouble.

Jason Statham

GreatDisciplineFocusTravelWorld

Whoopi Goldberg, Lily Tomlin, Julia Louis-Dreyfus - I put Issa Rae in that category of comic genius.

Jay Ellis

GeniusLilyComicCategoryPut

I've got three little kids at home, and I'm trying to save this country from itself. I'm not here to play political power games, and I've had enough of people playing political power games, and this has just gone on too long.

Devin Nunes

HomePowerPeoplePoliticalEnough

Fiction is life with the dull bits left out.

Clive James

LifeOutFictionLeftDullBits

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