Naomi Alderman Quotes

My childhood was full of shocks and alarums, and I had to work a long time to make a life that pleases me.

Naomi Alderman

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LifeWorkTimeChildhoodMeLong

When people are taking something extremely seriously, that's the time to take out the pig's bladder.

John Lithgow

TimePeoplePigSeriouslyOutTake

The constant need for special waivers is symptomatic of poorly written public policy. It's a signal that the cost of compliance is unreasonably high; the benefits are hard to measure; and either legislators or regulators have failed to do their homework.

John Sununu

HomeworkMeasureSpecialCompliance

I like clothes that are easy to wear. I like to be comfortable and confident. When people have an inner sense of confidence, they're more beautiful.

Amy Carlson

ConfidenceBeautifulPeopleConfident

Even in my really bad, drugged-out days, I didn't go away. I still toured, still did interviews. I never gave up the fight. That's why I'm who I am today, because I didn't leave. And I think I made the right choice.

Stevie Nicks

TodayFightI AmThinkBadChoice

Teachers started recognizing me and praising me for being smart in science and that made me want to be even smarter in science!

Steve Wozniak

ScienceSmartMeWantTeachersMade

Teachers don't tell us the truth about historical people. If we knew the truth, parents couldn't hold their lives up as examples.

Tom Hulce

TruthParentsPeopleTeachersTell

I didn't get married to get divorced.

Russell Crowe

GetMarriedGet MarriedDivorced

In my view, the future of politics is, without a doubt, social liberalism married to economic conservatism. Which means we have to make an economic argument to social liberals, that it's OK to vote for us. But we won't run the economy into the ground at the same time.

Louise Mensch

FutureTimePoliticsViewDoubtRun

Taking trains and trams in Berlin, I noticed people reading. Books, I mean - not pocket-size devices that bleep as if censorious, on which even Shakespeare scans like a spreadsheet.

Joshua Cohen

PeopleReadingMeanBooksBerlin

I think the audience know which films are aimed at their pocket, and which films are aimed at their soul. There are a lot of films out there made by people who are genuinely trying to make a change.

Josh Fox

ChangeSoulPeopleThinkTryingOut

We are adhering to life now with our last muscle - the heart.

Djuna Barnes

LifeHeartNowMuscleLastOur

I've been completely surprised at the outpouring of just incredible amounts of positive feedback and love from people all day long.

Chris March

PositiveLoveDayPeopleFeedback

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