Tara Westover Quotes

I think, initially, my rebellion, my rebellion of going to college when my dad would have liked me to stay home and work in the herbs, I think that it was a pretty mild rebellion in the sense that I thought, 'Well, I'm going to go learn how to be a music teacher so that I can come home and do choir.'

Tara Westover

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WorkHomeMusicTeacherCollegeMe

I believe it would demean Nobel Prizes if they were awarded to research students, except in very exceptional cases.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

ResearchBelieveI BelieveStudents

I always defined myself in terms of my talkativeness, and being without a voice hits me in a number of ways.

John Diamond

MyselfMeVoiceAlwaysWithoutWays

I absolutely love low-key restaurants.

Andy Cohen

LoveLow-KeyAbsolutelyRestaurants

Control, like curiosity, can be an exterminator.

Melvyn Bragg

ControlCuriosityLike

Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to trust your team. It's a lesson I've had to relearn quite a few times.

Robert Kiyosaki

TrustTeamLessonSometimesHardest

If we want an international trade deal that advances the interests of our own people, then perhaps we don't need a 'fast-track' but a regular track: where the president sends us any proposal he deems worthy, and we review it on its own merits.

Jeff Sessions

PeopleWantPresidentNeedWorthy

In the barbershop, there's democracy. You're a professor; you're an engineer; you're a garbage man, have at it. You got something to say, get down with it.

Michael Eric Dyson

ManDemocracyYouDownSayGarbage

I prefer the path of peace over war.

Amar'e Stoudemire

PathPeaceWarOverPrefer

To be sure, India has achieved enviable success in business services, like the glistening call centers in Bangalore and elsewhere. But in the global jousting for manufacturing jobs, India does not get its share.

Steven Rattner

SuccessBusinessIndiaManufacturing

Sometimes, when I'm alone, I put on six inch heels and wear nothing else and dance around in front of the mirror and do my little stripper dance.

Tori Spelling

AloneMirrorDanceSometimesNothing

Do I make mistakes? Yeah.

Tom Cruise

MistakesMakeYeah

In this era of digital special effects, I think it's good to work with our hands and our hearts, to use water and clay, to dry it in the air from the sun. This brings you back to the element of life.

Rithy Panh

LifeWorkGoodWaterSunThink

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