Hannah Gadsby Quotes

Shame has its place. Shame is what you do to a kid to stop them running on the road. And then you take the shame away, and immediately, they're back in the fold. You should never soak anybody in shame. It's the prolonged existence of shame that then flips out into destructive rage. We can't exist in that. It's like treacle.

Hannah Gadsby

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Having a hit is nice, having some success, but when you move popular culture, that's a high.

Jimmy Iovine

SuccessCultureYouNiceHighMove

The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.

Anatole France

NobodyBooksEverybodyThoseAdmires

We have to keep our eye on inflation, but so far inflation remains reasonably in check on the global stage.

John W. Snow

EyeStageCheckInflationKeepFar

I did my first interview in 1995 and was asked about my private life. I said, 'Why would I tell you? I don't see the logic in anyone knowing that about me. For whose sake? Nobody wins.'

Sidse Babett Knudsen

LifeMeLogicYouNobodySaid

I'll have you know that as a young man, I spent an entire year as a woman in a world tour of 'As You Like It.' I played Celia.

Tom Hollander

WomanManWorldYearYouYoung

I always loved aesthetics. Not particularly fashion, but an idea of beauty.

Miuccia Prada

BeautyFashionLovedAlwaysIdea

Loading a hollowed-out loaf of bread with steak, mushrooms, shallots, and a fat dose of horseradish yields a kind of portable beef Wellington - the pinnacle of British cuisine reinvented as a trail snack.

Jonathan Miles

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As a fluke, my great-grandfather hit one of the largest oil reserves in California.

Armie Hammer

OilCaliforniaHitGreat-Grandfather

I'm a show pony, and I don't get to skate with girls doing triple Axels every single day. I skate with little babies who are working on their single Axels while trying not to hit them on the ice.

Ashley Wagner

DayDoingTryingIceSingleLittle

I'm an obsessive sports fan, which my wife is incredibly patient about.

Ty Burrell

SportsWifePatientSports FanFan

You feel your game's raised by working with the best people.

Richard E. Grant

MeSpeakYouFirstDirectorOut

We will hear more regrets from founders of tech companies about the addictive technologies they have launched.

Moshe Vardi

WillMoreRegretsTechFounders

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