Iris Apfel Quotes

You can be born with the talent to be an opera star, but you've got to work and practice it.

Iris Apfel

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WorkTalentPracticeYouBornOpera

When I was a school kid in Coventry, I used to put up anti-apartheid stickers.

Jerry Dammers

SchoolKidUpUsedPut

One thing you learn about doing nonfiction is that you've got to get it right, fact-check, do your research. You've got to not only get the facts right but represent the subject to the world in a way that insiders feel like it's an access port and outsiders can access it. If you're too insider, you block access to anyone else.

Max Joseph

ResearchWorldFactsLearnDoing

I'm not worried about state parks. I'm worried about people who can't be treated because they have schizophrenia or other mental illnesses out there. I'm worried about people.

Robert J. Bentley

PeopleOutMentalSchizophreniaWho

Even for charity I always give priority to education because I always teach young people - knowledge is your real companion, your life long companion, not fortune. Fortune can disappear.

Stanley Ho

LifeEducationKnowledgePeopleLong

It was too hard to understand marrying someone I didn't know. When you don't like someone, if he touches you, it's harder than anything.

Sonita Alizadeh

SomeoneYouKnowUnderstandHardHe

I'm not opposed to anything. If an opportunity comes across, I'll answer the door if it comes knocking.

Rob Brown

OpportunityDoorAnythingAnswer

Alzheimer's disease is never an 'accident' in a marriage. It falls under the purview of God's sovereignty. In the case of someone with Alzheimer's, this means God's unconditional and sacrificial love has an opportunity to be even more gloriously displayed in a life together.

Joni Eareckson Tada

LifeLoveMarriageGodOpportunity

Clearly, a large number of African-Americans don't have faith that the laws are being executed fairly in Ferguson, and that's a problem... We need to ensure Africans-Americans feel confident in the rule of law.

Claire McCaskill

FaithLawConfidentFeelProblem

Abraham is the shared ancestor of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He stands at the heart of these three faiths. And yet you know almost nothing about him.

Bruce Feiler

HeartYouKnowThreeNothingIslam

To go somewhere where nobody knows you, and to keep your eyes open... That was a beautiful concept in terms of putting yourself in a place to be inspired.

Peter Lindbergh

BeautifulEyesYourselfYouPlace

I am ready. I'm in great shape. My workouts have been great. I'm ready to get back and help a team get to the Super Bowl.

Shaun Alexander

GreatI AmTeamHelpBackReady

I don't want to interview people. I want to have a conversation. I want to talk to Paul McCartney about the bass sound on 'The White Album.'

Nikki Sixx

PeopleConversationWhiteWantTalk

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