Nicholas Kristof Quotes

Why are fanatics so terrified of girls' education? Because there's no force more powerful to transform a society. The greatest threat to extremism isn't drones firing missiles, but girls reading books.

Nicholas Kristof

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EducationSocietyReadingPowerful

The house is always full, and we're always cooking - outside, inside, for six, eight, a dozen, 20 people.

Jean-Georges Vongerichten

CookingPeopleHouseInsideOutside

The world is complicated. But does every problem require a complicated solution?

Stephen J. Dubner

WorldProblemSolutionComplicated

Travelling, in general, opens your mind to so many different cultures and different ways of thinking and different ways of seeing stuff. I definitely feel like it has an influence on my music to be a bit more broader and a bit more open.

Stefflon Don

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I've been slagged off completely by the art world.

Tracey Emin

ArtWorldOffBeenArt World

I taught myself English. My English teacher was the sitcom 'Friends.' Back in the days when I was, like, 15, 14, it was like a syndrome for Korean parents to make their kids watch 'Friends.' I thought I was a victim at that time, but now I'm the lucky one.

RM

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My wife is always trying to get rid of me. The other day she told me to put the garbage out. I said to her I already did. She told me to go and keep an eye on it.

Rodney Dangerfield

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I have made mistakes.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

MistakesMade

You know what happened, you know, in 1938: France, England, you know, just sold out Czechoslovakia to Hitler.

Milos Forman

YouKnowOutFranceJustHappened

For me, it's nice to have a character who can never find love and have that be the running theme, but I think when you open the door to a story line about relationships, you open the door to another realm of comedy.

Jordana Spiro

LoveCharacterMeDoorStoryThink

I feel like I need to start wearing a T-shirt saying 'This is not a photo opportunity'. People are so lovely but you do find that when you're out you spend 40% of your time posing for photographs.

Chris O'Dowd

OpportunityTimePeopleStartSaying

My mother's incredibly giving, almost too giving at times. And, my dad is a real logical person. He's got logic for every situation. They've been married for 24 years, so there was that stability, also. I really learned to think on my own at a very young age.

Brian Austin Green

MotherAgeThinkGivingLogicYoung

The Tea Party is clearing gunk out of the fuel lines of this country. It started with throwing out Democrats, but the Republicans are going to be next. We're doing what needs to be done for the sake of the country.

Brad Thor

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