Yara Shahidi Quotes

I'm double majoring in social studies - which is sociology, anthropology, economics, and philosophy - and African-American studies.

Yara Shahidi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 10, 2000

Topics

EconomicsPhilosophySociologyDouble

I don't know what the secret to doing standup well is, but I do know the goal is to be yourself as much as possible. And working harder than everyone else.

Jermaine Fowler

YourselfBe YourselfDoingGoalKnow

I make unbelievable pizza.

Melanie Scrofano

PizzaMakeUnbelievable

And if you have great writing, it's really easy, but if it's not so great and you have to work a little harder, I could tell where the work needed to be done but comedy is just fun.

Matt LeBlanc

WorkGreatFunWritingComedyYou

As a kid, I trained to be an Olympic gymnast. My schedule was rigorous. Four hours a day, Monday through Saturday, I was at the gym. My body was like a boy's, narrow hips, flat-chested, wide shoulders. When I was 12, I badly injured my ankle and was forced to stop training immediately.

Amanda de Cadenet

DayTrainingMondaySaturdayBody

Writing is no trouble: you just jot down ideas as they occur to you. The jotting is simplicity itself - it is the occurring which is difficult.

Stephen Leacock

SimplicityIdeasWritingYouDown

I'm very lucky. I have a really supportive husband in Henry, and there's my mum, too. I couldn't have a career and manage the kids' routines and household thing single-handedly. I'd just go crazy.

Sophie Kinsella

CrazyHusbandCareerGoLuckyKids

In Italy, I had an Afro, and a lot of the kids came up and felt my hair. It really was funny. I wish I had understood Italian.

Sugar Ray Leonard

FunnyHairWishI WishUpKids

I have had quite a lot of prizes, but I don't think it makes any difference to the ease or difficulty to the writing process.

Ruth Rendell

WritingThinkProcessDifference

I didn't spend my childhood trying to be a performer; it was a big surprise to me that this was what I was doing. But it has always felt quite natural to me. I wasn't taught to do what I do; I found out bit by bit.

Roisin Murphy

ChildhoodMeSurpriseDoingTrying

At sixty, I know little more about wisdom than I did at thirty, but I know a great deal more about folly.

Mason Cooley

WisdomGreatKnowThirtyMoreSixty

You will never hear me denigrating other countries.

Juan Manuel Santos

MeYouWillNeverHearOther

London is one of my favourite places to come to overseas.

Phife Dawg

PlacesLondonComeFavourite

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