Uma Thurman Quotes

I used to be more paranoid and stressed, constantly worrying about my Plan B. But the truth is I don't have one.

Uma Thurman

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The original dream of Facebook Platform was to enable developers to build experiences that were social at their core, like Facebook Photos, without having to build their own standalone social network.

Joe Green

DreamBuildWithoutOwnFacebook

Just by making a decision to stay out of politics, you are making the decision to allow others to shape politics and exert power over you. And if you are alienated from the current political system, then just by staying out of it, if you do nothing to change it, you simply entrench it.

Joan Kirner

ChangePowerDecisionPoliticsYou

Grittier students are more likely to earn their diplomas; grittier teachers are more effective in the classroom. Grittier soldiers are more likely to complete their training, and grittier salespeople are more likely to keep their jobs. The more challenging the domain, the more grit seems to matter.

Angela Duckworth

TrainingGritTeachersMatterMore

I don't want to be a driving machine on my daily commute; I want to be driven by a machine.

Steve Jurvetson

DailyDrivingWantDrivenCommute

A decent government with an effective, but not gratuitously violent, police force and a fair court system are essential. This deters and incapacitates psychopaths, bullies and hotheads - and if it earns the confidence of the people, they don't have to become violent in self-defence.

Steven Pinker

ConfidencePoliceGovernmentPeople

Competing in sports has taught me that if I'm not willing to give 120 percent, somebody else will.

Ron Blomberg

SportsMeWillCompetingGiveElse

I am one of the best in the world, and it's a position I should get used to being in.

Lizzie Armitstead

BestI AmWorldPositionUsedGet

After all, it is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if you are bound to fake one of them, it had better be life.

Joseph Brodsky

LifeWorkFakeBetterYouHard

When I came to New York in 1949, there was already an entire fresh avant-garde film movement blooming in New York and California. It was a very, very exciting period!

Jonas Mekas

New YorkNewCaliforniaMovement

I wrote a song called 'Here on Earth,' and the hook is, 'There's no answers here on earth.' Basically, searching for the 'why' when someone passes away, and I feel really fortunate that my dad lived as long as he did. But no matter what happens or how it happens, it's certainly a stinker.

Dierks Bentley

SongFeelSomeoneLongEarthWhy

The pit of a theatre is the one place where the tears of virtuous and wicked men alike are mingled.

Denis Diderot

MenTearsTheatrePlaceWickedPit

Music will bring you through... It brought me through.

Debbie Reynolds

MusicMeYouWillThroughBring

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