Tara Westover Quotes

Things that I now recognise as just part of my personality - willfulness and assertiveness, maybe even a bit of aggressiveness - these are things that I had been raised to think of as masculine features. I always thought there was probably something wrong with me.

Tara Westover

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PersonalityMeThinkThoughtWrong

When I gave up law to go into real estate, my mother said, 'How can you give up the law?' But she lived long enough to see the Bulls win all six championships. She would wear all six pendants at the same time. She could barely stand up.

Jerry Reinsdorf

MotherTimeReal EstateLawWinYou

The whole future, I think, of Wyoming and the economy has to do with coal and our clean coal technology, and we're going to have the ability here in Wyoming to deal with all of the things of this so-called climate change.

John Barrasso

ChangeFutureTechnologyThinkClean

I see any production of any nature being good for the development of the whole industry.

Ann Macbeth

NatureGoodDevelopmentSeeI See

A good way to adjust to a healthier diet is to think of three meals you enjoy that are largely plant-based. Pasta with tomato sauce can be tweaked to whole-grain pasta with added vegetables.

Michael Greger

GoodThinkDietEnjoyYouThree

In the movie 'Wall Street' I play Gordon Gekko, a greedy corporate executive who cheated to profit while innocent investors lost their savings. The movie was fiction, but the problem is real.

Michael Douglas

ProblemWallProfitInnocentPlay

I find that all great directors, and I would include Ben Affleck and Clint Eastwood in that, they have great confidence. And with great confidence comes great freedom for the actor.

Amy Ryan

ConfidenceFreedomGreatFindActor

People always ask me: 'Do you have black in you? Do you have Spanish in you?'

Rita Ora

PeopleMeBlackYouAskAlways

I had to get good grades and do well in school - my mother was an assistant principal and my father was a teacher - and they took this very seriously.

Roz Chast

GoodFatherMotherTeacherSchool

Let's be completely honest: the Trump campaign's social media was a joke.

Mike Cernovich

Social MediaMediaJokeHonestTrump

You can, I think, have a quiet and steady protagonist and not run the risk of terminal dullness as long as exciting things happen to them and around them, and crime is the ideal genre for making this come about.

Liz Williams

ThinkLongYouQuietRunCrime

European leaders cannot afford to be afraid. The refugee crisis is not one from which they can opt out. No magic wand will empower leaders to transport more than a million people back across the Aegean and the Bosphorus to Mosul and Aleppo, or across the Mediterranean to Eritrea, Somalia, and Sudan.

Jose Angel Gurria

PeopleMagicBackCrisisEmpower

I always wanted to be a futbol player, but I was never good enough.

Diego Luna

GoodEnoughNeverAlwaysPlayer

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