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Tara Westover Quotes

I taught myself algebra and a little grammar, and somehow I scraped a high enough score on the ACT to be admitted to Brigham Young University, even though I had no formal education.

Tara Westover

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: historian
Nationality: american
Birth: 1986

Topics

Education Myself Enough Young High

I remember when I was 11, I did some Kung-fu demonstrations in Hong Kong in 1974.

Jet Li

Remember Hong Kong I Remember Some

This is a truth that should be repeated like a mantra: to have any chance of a ful - filling life, we require not only clean air and a steady climate, but also an abundance of meadows and woodlands, rivers and oceans, teeming with life and the mass existence of other living creatures.

John Burnside

Life Truth Chance Abundance Living

I believe it is important that Title X organizations continue to receive funding.

Lisa Murkowski

Believe Important I Believe Continue

It's quite hard to act yourself all the time.

Dick Van Dyke

Time Yourself Hard Act Quite

We have a non-traditional family, and if it makes people uncomfortable, it's a shame that they are not more open.

Debbie Rowe

Family People Uncomfortable Shame

We all do role-play. Sometimes behind the camera, and sometimes in front of it. I am the few lucky ones who have been able to wear both hats and especially have been able to romance the camera in a believable way, and I hope that this romance between us never ends.

Arfi Lamba

Hope I Am Camera Hats Sometimes Way

I never had problems with injuries as a kid or in the youth team. My injuries started at Chelsea, when I broke my foot during a pre-season game. That was just pure bad luck, but after that, I had some muscular injuries, too, so I had to get to know my body better.

Arjen Robben

Team Luck Youth Game Better Body

I have encouraged my kids to eat well from day one. I add flavor - herbs and spices - to everything because I don't want them getting used to starchy, bland food. I also want them to experiment - they don't have to love everything, but they do have to try it.

Alison Sweeney

Love Food Day Want Try Eat

Man, as a physical being, is like other bodies governed by invariable laws.

Montesquieu

Man Being Laws Like Physical Other

I always tell aspiring documentary filmmakers, 'You have to go into it because you love it; if you go into it for the money, you're an idiot.' The number one prerequisite is you have to be intensely curious. If you love learning and trying to make people figure out what makes people tick, it's the best job in the world.

Morgan Neville

Love Learning Best Money Job People

I was living in Knoxville, Tennessee, and I didn't really know how you would become a singer. I didn't even think that I could do it. I didn't even dream about it. But when I was 12, it was that year where I got tall, boys got cute, everything was weird. Then my parents split up on top of that, so it was a big year of change for me.

Kelsea Ballerini

Change Cute Parents Me Think Weird

I think a lot of kids I've met in L.A. trying to act want to escape working long days and think acting is all photoshoots and red carpets.

Kiersey Clemons

Red Think Trying Long Acting Escape