Portia Simpson Quotes

#1. Looking beyond the emerging markets, it is important not to lose sight of the growth opportunities that exist in the developed regions.

Louis R. Chenevert

#2. I was actually born in deep rural Jamaica and came to Kingston as a high school girl.

Portia Simpson-Miller

#3. I'm a Christian woman, but I believe in human rights. I do not go into people's bedrooms. I appoint people based on their capabilities, not their sexual orientation.

Portia Simpson-Miller

#4. So enjoy the beauty, feel the love, and live your life your own way.

Debasish Mridha

#5. There are no fortresses that Bolsheviks cannot storm.

Joseph Stalin

#6. Jamaica is more than just the 'brand' the world recognizes so well; it's a place of pride for the people who live here, its educational institutions, its sports achievements, its science and technology growth.

Portia Simpson-Miller

#7. If you empower people in their communities and get them jobs, no one like Dudus Coke can win their hearts and minds and hold them hostage.

Portia Simpson-Miller

#8. But it was something else, too, that I wanted to extend: the taut and pleasant silence in the car, the stale heat raising vapours of leather. The warped image of myself in the side mirrors, so I caught only the quantity of hair, the freckled skin of my shoulder. I took on the shape of a girl.

Emma Cline

#9. When I had a fellowship at the Smithsonian, I asked for a couch in the office because I liked to lie down and take a break.

Gloria Steinem

#10. It is really important that young people find something that they want to do and pursue it with passion. I'm very passionate about filmmaking. It's what I love to do.

Spike Lee

#11. Nobody ... likes talking about enforceable international protocols and yet unless there is a real change in attitude, we have to contemplate those very unwelcome possibilities if we want the global economy not to collapse and millions, billions, of people to die.

Rowan Williams

#12. National Lampoon lost its audience when it went from monthly magazine to bimonthly to quarterly to annual to just making movies.

Ricky Van Veen