Barbara Demick Quotes

Gonpo Tso was born a princess. As a young woman, she dressed in fur-trimmed robes with fat ropes of coral beads strung around her neck. She lived in an adobe castle on the edge of the Tibetan plateau with a reception room large enough to accommodate the thousand Buddhist monks who once paid tribute to her father.

Barbara Demick

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I can't start my day without hearing 'Waiting On the World to Change' by John Mayer. It's my alarm clock and my favorite song.

Matthew Underwood

ChangeDayWaitingWorldSongStart

As a preacher of the Gospel, our late venerable Bishop must have been heard, to form an adequate conception of his superior excellence and commanding eloquence.

John Strachan

ExcellenceLateSuperiorMustBeen

When disease took my legs, I eventually realized I didn't need them to lead a full, empowering life.

Amy Purdy

LifeLegsNeedLeadDiseaseFull

My grandmother was a kind of Scarsdale, New York, society woman, best known in her day as the author of the 1959 book 'Growing Your Own Way: An Informal Guide for Teen-Agers' - this despite being a person whose parenting style made Joan Crawford's wire hangers look like pool noodles.

Sloane Crosley

StyleBestParentingDayWomanBook

It's certainly sobering to think that British consumers waste roughly a quarter of the food we buy. Or to put it another way, we funnel £12 billion a year from the supermarket through to our rubbish tips, costing each household an average of £480.

Tristram Stuart

FoodThinkYearWayThroughBuy

I was an ambidextrous child, and the symmetry of roller skating was a welcome respite from my awkwardness with physical activities that involved a ball or a racket.

Mary Pilon

WelcomeChildSkatingBallSymmetry

Sure, things could always have been done better, but I just wish people would drop their political hammers for a few weeks, as happened in 2001, and work on the problem at hand.

Mitch Daniels

WorkPeopleBetterPoliticalWish

I'm probably a lot more closer in the 1500m to the world record than I am in the 5000m.

Mo Farah

I AmWorldMoreCloserThanRecord

In order to make money the first thing is to have no need of it.

Ludovic Halevy

MoneyFirstNeedOrderMakeThing

As you begin to create more destinations, that will naturally create a stronger economic pipeline for space. And just as we have been the leader of commercial air travel for the first century, as we look to the second century of aviation, I would expect Boeing to be the leader in both air and space travel.

Dennis Muilenburg

LeaderTravelSpaceStrongerLook

I've done a lot of kale as well as broccoli. I love it. Asparagus I couldn't stand before, but now it is part of my meals. All three of those are greens that I never used to eat. Now, a smoothie for me is nothing but fruits and veggies and vanilla Greek yogurt.

Donald Driver

LoveMeStandDoneThreeNothing

Let's just say beauty inspires me. But I like all beauty - I think it really comes from the inside out.

Donatella Versace

BeautyMeThinkSayInsideOut

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