Elena Roger Quotes

My grandmother taught me to knit, and as I knit, my mind returns to my childhood.

Elena Roger

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ChildhoodMindMeGrandmotherTaught

I want to do a certain thing in the world, and I am going to do it with unwavering concentration. I am concerning myself with only one essential thing: to set man free. I desire to free him from all cages, from all fears, and not to found religions, new sects, nor to establish new theories and new philosophies.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

MyselfManI AmWorldFreeDesire

I knew I wanted to do a show on NBC - it's rooted in its history; it's part rooted in nostalgia and part rooted in the potential of it. For me, there was no other choice.

Jerrod Carmichael

HistoryMePotentialChoiceRooted

When I was younger, I wanted very much to play football.

Andris Nelsons

FootballPlayPlay FootballMuch

When I was in junior high school, friends and I were in a consciousness-raising group, a term that now seems quaint like a butter churn, but it was very powerful. It was a really wonderful experience.

Meg Wolitzer

ExperienceSchoolHigh SchoolFriends

The tsar of War and Peace, especially in the BBC version, is a complete popinjay and a useless character. The real tsar, Alexander I, had an amazing career.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

CharacterPeaceWarAmazingCareer

Generally, people's fear and hesitancy regarding greater computerization comes from a George Orwell/'1984'-based metaphor of a single computer or data base where all your information is stored, knows everything about you, and can use this information at will and for evil purposes.

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

FearPeopleEvilDataInformation

Even though they are paid differently, everyone has to feel appreciated.

Roger Staubach

FeelAppreciatedEveryonePaidEven

In 2015, an opera opened about me and Justice Antonin Scalia. It's called 'Scalia/Ginsburg.' The composer, Derrick Wang, has degrees in music from Harvard and Yale. Enrolled in law school, he was reading dueling opinions by me and Justice Scalia and decided he could compose an appealing comic opera from them.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

MusicJusticeSchoolMeLawReading

My nickname was Tarzan: I found my food in the jungle; I hunted birds.

Rohan Marley

FoodBirdsJungleFoundHunted

I don't feel that old, but when I talk to these kids, I do feel old. Because I'm talking about taxes and all this other stuff that is very, very boring. And these guys are talking about music, and I'm like, 'Oh, I remember those days.'

Jason Day

MusicFeelTalkingRememberBoring

One of my biggest pet peeves is well-dressed designers. If you spend that much time thinking about your own clothes, you're not spending enough time thinking about what you're designing.

Joseph Altuzarra

TimePetThinkingEnoughClothes

So along with that is spending a lot of time with the ball. For me it was, I loved to juggle the ball in my front yard, and I always challenged myself - how many juggles can I get today? I think for players to get better, it's just about spending the time.

Brandi Chastain

TodayTimeMyselfMeThinkBetter

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