Majora Carter Quotes

You know, people understand fear and opportunity. It may look different, but it's really the same thing.

Majora Carter

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FearOpportunityPeopleYouLook

I grew up half the time in a small town called Mart, Texas, and half the time in L.A., because I was acting.

Jesse Plemons

TimeSmallTexasSmall TownActing

When I started 'The Soup' back in 2004, I was so anxious because I can't really read, and I had to read teleprompter.

Joel McHale

SoupBackStartedBecauseAnxious

I worked with Michael Bay on 'Transformers,' and I got to work with the writer of 'Transformers,' who's this really great guy whom I loved.

Jennifer Konner

WorkGreatLovedGuyGotWhom

This career essentially chased me down while I was on the spoken-word scene in New York. I kept hearing that my delivery of my poetry - which was very personal and cathartic at the time- was very moving to folks. People thought that I was an actress because of my delivery, when I was just dropping into the work and really pouring out my soul.

Sonja Sohn

WorkTimeSoulPoetryNew YorkMe

My goals over the decade include to develop new drugs to treat intractable diseases by using iPS cell technology and to conduct clinical trials using it on a few patients with Parkinson's diseases, diabetes or blood diseases.

Shinya Yamanaka

GoalsTechnologyTreatNewTrials

The peace and justice movement has to expand and not run away from the plight of gang members.

Tom Hayden

JusticePeaceRunMovementGang

The trickster's function is to break taboos, create mischief, stir things up. In the end, the trickster gives people what they really want, some sort of freedom.

Tom Robbins

FreedomPeopleEndCreateWantUp

I would not minimize the digital divide, which separates the computerized world from the rest, nor would I underestimate the importance of traditional books.

Robert Darnton

WorldRestUnderestimateDigital

The important thing for my father bringing me on the board of HCL Technologies was to expose me to our largest asset, which is HCL Technologies.

Roshni Nadar

FatherMeImportantBoardAssetOur

I'm always very fearful when academics get ahold of comedy. Comedy is such a clear thing - people laugh, or they don't laugh. It's involuntary. I'm not saying it can't be scrutinized, it's just that they take the enjoyment out of it.

Lorne Michaels

PeopleSayingLaughComedyOutTake

I majored in English in college, so I read the classic dystopian novels like '1984' and 'Brave New World.'

Lois Lowry

CollegeBraveWorldNewClassic

People identify with me - everyone does - African American women, Caucasian women, they all identify with me because I'm ethnic.

Janice Dickinson

WomenPeopleMeAmericanEveryone

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