Wanda Sykes Quotes

I was working at the NSA. I don't know, I was just bored. I just knew that's not what I was supposed to be doing with my life.

Wanda Sykes

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LifeMy LifeDoingKnowBoredJust

I'm just trying to tell a good story and make thought-provoking, entertaining films. I just try and draw upon the great culture we have as a people, from music, novels, the streets.

Spike Lee

GoodMusicGreatCulturePeopleTry

I'm fortunately not, like, typecast. I don't have to just do one kind of thing; I can do all kinds of things that reflect different parts of me.

Spike Jonze

MeI CanKindReflectThingsJust

I started playing the drums when I was 10 years old, I think because it was fun. And then when I hit adolescence around 14, I sorta liked girls, so drums became more of a passion, and I started playing in bands.

Mitchell Joachim

PassionFunThinkMoreAdolescence

To have hundreds of people from every political and demographic group you can imagine coming out day after day to take part in the national health care debate is fantastic.

Jared Polis

HealthDayPeopleCarePolitical

I will obey every law, or submit to the penalty.

Chief Joseph

LawWillObeySubmitEveryPenalty

Successful negotiation is not about getting to 'yes'; it's about mastering 'no' and understanding what the path to an agreement is.

Christopher Voss

PathUnderstandingNegotiationYes

I think, with soccer, you never really know what's going to happen in your career - that's the beauty of it.

Christian Pulisic

BeautyThinkYouCareerSoccerKnow

I was stunned to learn that more than 200,000 abandoned, neglected, or orphaned children had been sent from the East Coast to the Midwest on trains between 1854 and 1929.

Christina Baker Kline

ChildrenLearnMoreAbandonedBeen

I play rec softball sort of religiously. I'm a huge baseball fan. When I lived in New York City, I'd go to a Yankees game every week.

Chris Wood

BaseballNew YorkCityGameWeekGo

But part of the enjoyment I take in it is finding the most efficient way to do it, which doesn't mean the corrections aren't made. I like to have a feeling of the whole task before I start, even if it changes.

Bruce Nauman

StartFindingFeelingWayMeanTask

It has become impossible to give up the enterprise of disarmament without abandoning the whole great adventure of building up a collective peace system.

Arthur Henderson

GreatPeaceAdventureBuildingUp

We're living in hard times.

Antonio Banderas

LivingHardHard TimesTimes

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