Badass Quotes - Page 7

• Architecture is really about well-being. I think that people want to feel good in a space ... On the one hand it's about shelter, but it's also about pleasure.

  Zaha Hadid

  Bad Ass, Thinking, Hands

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• I never want to be called the funniest Indian female comedian that exists. I feel like I can go head-to-head with the best white, male comedy writers that are out there. Why would I want to self-categorize myself into a smaller group than I’m able to compete in?

  Mindy Kaling

  Comedy Writing, Self, White

  "The New New Girl: Mindy Kaling Promotes Herself Out of The Office and Into The Mindy Project". Interview with Jada Yuan, www.vulture.com. September 9, 2012.

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  Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

  Horace Mann

  Life, Death, Helping Others

  Massachusetts. Board of Education, Horace Mann (1838). “Annual Report, Together with the Report of the Secretary of the Board: (1837-1841)”

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• I love technology, and I don't think it's something that should divide along gender lines.

  Marissa Mayer

  Technology, Thinking, Lines

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• You fail, and then what? Life goes on. It's only when you risk failure that you discover things.

  Lupita Nyong'o

  Women, Risk, Goes On

  "Lupita Nyong’o On the Cover of Backstage This Week!". Interview With Mark Peikert, www.backstage.com. February 12, 2014.

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• When you're a girl, you have to be everything, You have to be dope at what you do, but you have to be super sweet, and you have to be sexy, and you have to be this and you have to be that and you have to be nice, and you have to - it's like, I can't be all of those things at once. I'm a human being.

  Nicki Minaj

  Girl, Sexy, Sweet

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.

  George Orwell

  Intelligent, Imagination, Intelligence

  George Orwell (1986). “The complete works of George Orwell”

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• My dad raised me with some good advice: 'Always tell the truth. Always shoot from the hip. You might not have many friends, but you'll never have enemies, because people will always know where you're coming from.'

  Pink

  Dad, Bad Ass, People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Once you figure out what respect tastes like, it tastes better than attention. But you have to get there.

  Pink

  Bad Ass, Attention, Taste

  "Philly girl". Interview with Barbara Ellen, www.theguardian.com. June 4, 2006.

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• I decided at 15 that I didn't want to be one of those artists that gets up and sings love songs they don't mean. I decided that I was going to be me to the fullest extent, that my songs were going to reflect relationships I've had, things I've been through, and even the stuff I'm embarrassed about.

  Pink

  Song, Mean, Artist

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I just love bossy women. I could be around them all day. To me, bossy is not a pejorative term at all. It means somebody's passionate and engaged and ambitious and doesn't mind leading.

  Amy Poehler

  Strong Women, Powerful, Mean

  "Amy Poehler Tells Katie Couric, "I Just Love Bossy Women!"". Interview with Katie Couric, www.glamour.com. March 28, 2011.

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• I have no agenda except to be funny. Neither I nor the writers profess to offer any worldly wisdom.

  Julia Louis-Dreyfus

  Agendas, Worldly Wisdom, Offers

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• I didn't get along with Lindsay Lohan on Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, but you have to consider that we were 16-year-old girls...From what I've experienced, women aren't good friends to one another. When guys want to hang out with you because your personality is badass, women immediately hate you.

  Megan Fox

  Girl, Queens, Teenage

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• I’d said it before and meant it: Alive or undead, the love of my life was a badass.

  Richelle Mead

  Humor, Love Of My Life, Alive

  Richelle Mead (2009). “Blood Promise: A Vampire Academy Novel”, p.217, Penguin

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• Badass is a juvenile aspiration.

  Gabrielle Hamilton

  Aspiration, Juvenile

  Gabrielle Hamilton (2011). “Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef”, p.195, Random House

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• You really are a badass, edgy guy who tells it like it is...about couscous.

  Jim Norton

  Guy, Couscous, Edgy

  "Anthony Bourdain Roast: Star Gets Bashed By Rachael Ray, Guy Fieri And More At New York Wine & Food Festival (NSFW)" by Carey Polis, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 12, 2012.

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• You guys (Boko Haram) are trying so hard to convince everybody that you're such badasses. But all you've done with this kidnapping is highlight who the real badasses are, the kids you kidnapped. Compared to a teenager who knows that her desire for an education could get her dragged into a snake infested jungle to be sold as a bribe to some demented, stick-chewing cartoon villain but still gets up and goes to class everyday, fully aware of that danger - compared to their courage - I'd say Boko Haram is a bunch of little girls. But, you know what? You don't deserve that compliment.

  Jon Stewart

  Girl, Teenager, Real

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• I am in love with girls that are bad and naughty and badass, and a little selfish, but I like to watch from a respectful distance!

  Dreama Walker

  Girl, Selfish, Distance

  "Dreama Walker's Ultimate Middle School Revenge" by Justine Harman, www.elle.com. April 10, 2012.

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• Sophie glanced from me to Sabine, then back, scowling. "I'm not scared of her. I can handle myself." "Yeah, and hissing kittens think they're badass too," Sabine said.

  Rachel Vincent

  Thinking, Sophie, Scared

  Rachel Vincent (2012). “Before I Wake”, p.224, Harlequin

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• People were like, 'Oh, there are going to be people running up to you taking pictures' and I thought it was going to be a bunch of little kids. But it's grown-ups! And that's, like, creepy.

  Mo'ne Davis

  Running, Kids, People

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• I never thought I'd be a role model at this age. I just have to be myself.

  Mo'ne Davis

  Role Models, Age, Roles

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• To be honest, I never thought I'd be famous for baseball. I want to play basketball, and I could also do both basketball and baseball - but I really want to play basketball.

  Mo'ne Davis

  Basketball, Baseball, Play

  "Mo’ne Davis on this week’s national Sports Illustrated cover". Sports Illustrated Interview, www.si.com. August 19, 2014.

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• I think life is always dangerous. Some people get afraid of it. Some people don't go forward. But some people, if they want to achieve their goal, they have to go. They have to move.

  Malala Yousafzai

  Women, Moving, Thinking

  "Malala Yousafzai Felt Fear All the Time but Pursued Learning" By Teri Whitcraft, Muriel Pearson, abcnews.go.com. October 7, 2013.

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• I don't really like all the attention, because it feels like everything is about winning and they don't see the whole picture of my teammates and without my teammates, I don't think we'd be here right now. I get the attention ... if that day, I'm in the mood of signing autographs and taking pictures and even if I'm not, I'm like, he'll sign it for you, or he'll sign it for you. I can always give all the attention to my teammates because they handle it well.

  Mo'ne Davis

  Thinking, Winning, Giving

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• I'm always looking for those places where you can slam really disparate people up against one another, and they have to deal with each other. There are very few crossroads anymore. We talk about this country as this big melting pot, but it's a mosaic. There's all these pieces, they're next to each other, they're not necessarily mixing. And I'm looking for those spaces where people actually do mix.

  Jenji Kohan

  Country, Space, People

  "'Orange' Creator Jenji Kohan: 'Piper Was My Trojan Horse'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. August 13, 2013.

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