68 quotes found
"I said to myself ‘I'm going to own this job. I'm going to make sure that I know this better than all of these guys and they're not gonna be able to push me around"
"I think right now the biggest challenge of what the U.S. is facing in terms of standing up to China is the corporate sector"
"You’ve got corporations that see 1.2 billion people in China and those are many potential consumers for them. China is aware of that market potential. You’re dealing with a communist country and it’s foreign to our approach to governance and business. But our companies made a deal: get access to the sheer volume of people there in exchange for playing by the CCPs rules, whatever those might be. That is a very dangerous position to be in, particularly as the U.S. government is now recognizing them as the single biggest threat the country faces."
"It is important to be Cordial and be nice when Relating to people at work."
"Don't play second fiddle. Don't Be a sidekick. It is better to be alone and find the one who treats you as a priority than stay where you are an option."
"Don't be a backup plan. Don't be a power bank that someone uses to recharge and bounce back whenever their relationship gets sour."
"https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-18540650"
"I have amazing potential i can make good choices i am never alone i can do hard things i am beautiful inside and out i am of great worth he has a plan for me i know who i am a daughter of God."
""I started Sisiyemmie.com in 2011, April 2, and my husband (then boyfriend) adviced me to look up what a blog was. At the time I was studying for my Masters degree at the University of Birmingham UK and I realized I had a lot of free time. I “googled” what a blog was, I opened the blog immediately and I haven’t looked back since!"
"It has to be everything really, but something that keeps my blood pumping is creating content!"
"Life inspires my ideas for my videos. Before I started vlogging, I was blogging and it was the same thing. I carried over the content from my blog to my videos."
"I treat my audience like my friends. Whatever information I feel I would love to share with a friend, I will share the same on my social platforms, especially if it is content that will add value to my audience."
"I can be pretty much an open book but, like everyone, I have my little secrets and moments I keep to myself and for my family. The key for me is to always add value. It could be a jollof rice hack or sharing an experience; whatever it is, I hope it helps my audience somehow."
"https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sisi+yemmie"
"God is awesome."
"I have failed, made mistakes, trusted, and had my lows and highs. But today, I stand firm, stronger than ever and living my best life."
"It has been a journey of personal development and to do what my heart craves for."
"Never dim your light for anyone. If it’s blinding they should wear shades! shinebright."
"When you start gradually, you tend to appreciate where you are right now. When you crawl before you walk and then you fly, you’ll appreciate your roots."
"Being a mom felt so comfortable for me"
"I was born here [in the U.S.] but I lived in Trinidad after I was born for about 9 years. So, then I came back to the U.S. and I think that experience of living in two completely different places, having the exposure to different cultures and different perspectives - that’s fundamentally at the core of who I am - just wanting to understand people and wanting to be open to differences."
"CNN announces promotions for Jake Tapper, Abby Phillip, Dana Bash and others"
"She has been inside tunnels built by Hamas under Gaza. Hear why they might matter now (video)"
"The Broadcasting journey is not all rosey, there are good days and very low and bad days."
"Stakeholders should do more about professionalism, which will help them maximize quality products."
"Celeb Edition With Boemo Dibeela Nyadza (08 March 2022)"
"I’ve had my fair share of severe depression and anxiety a few years ago which has had an impact on my life. This experience taught me the value of self-love and self-care which I continue to grow in."
"After months of feeling deprived of expressing my creativity while I was studying for my accounting degree, I just decided to START! I decided to start where I was, with what I had and who I had."
"Rea Kopi Opens Up About How She Has Struggled With Depression (12 November 2020)"
"Prove them wrong. Every last one of them."
"Beauty isn’t what you think I should look like, or what you say I should be. Beauty is simply ME."
"There can be beauty in things that are not necessarily deemed as beautiful."
"When you meet someone that is the definition of kindness, of partnership, of love, of understanding, it just makes life easy."
"I would like to see more women play an active role in all film related fields. From lighting, finance, cinematography, editing to directing, we need more women taking space."
"“I have wanted to say these eight words for a very long time, that ‘I am the woman God has shown mercy"."
""I am constantly chasing the next opportunity to create something that adds value”"
"There are too many job openings, a problem compounded by too much "phantom demand" caused by all the stimulus, and also by the lack of normal immigrant workers for political and pandemic reasons."
"If public officials want to keep their credibility, they need to acknowledge this fact. No one believes that this is a great economy, or is impressed by hearing dazzling stats about job creation. People want to be reassured that our leaders see the problem, understand how they caused it, and are genuinely trying to fix it"
"The possibility of an external hit like a windfall tax, export ban, or other such political measures risk keeping potential suppliers on the sidelines"
"The oil and gas industry was decimated by the shale bubble bursting last decade, and that reticence plus labor and supply shortages are keeping it from more quickly adding to capacity now. The possibility of an external hit like a windfall tax, export ban, or other such political measures risk keeping potential suppliers on the sidelines"
"The hope now is that fiscal and monetary policy are at least both retrenching, if policymakers truly want to wrestle inflation back down. Remember, this isn't about soaring (or collapsing) lumber prices anymore. It's about a labor market running so hot it's short of millions and millions of workers, which will make everything from childcare to elder care more inflationary in the long run"
"Being a storyteller is my passion, and I am so happy to have unlocked a first for myself. This role was both adventurous and fun."
"I hope this is the same emotion the audience gets when watching the series."
"I am a huge fan of the International Emmy Awards and the work that they do, so being a juror is sooo [sic] awesome. This one is definitely for the books and a privilege I will never take for granted."
"It’s always been my goal and vision to take South African food to the world—what an amazing evening & incredible crowd of people to have in one room, definitely one for the books and a very proud moment!"
"There are so many different cuisines in the different regions and in every culture of Africa, If you go to Limpopo National Park to see the big five (lions, leopards, elephants, rhinos, and Cape buffalo) you’ll also find the biggest mangos and avocados you’ve ever seen, which all get exported to the rest of the world."
"Everyone gets to enjoy our cuisine but needs to celebrate it a little more. I hope to introduce the cuisine of my home more by doing residencies and pop-ups like this. The best thing about African cuisine is the people who make it and the stories behind them."
"I had the opportunity to make like the coolest makeup line that I've always dreamed of. It's really my only passion. I learned a lot though and just have experienced things that people my age do not even know how to handle. I do feel like people don’t take me seriously as a businesswoman because of my age and my reputation. But I do think they’re starting to. I like to prove people wrong."
"I feel like I'm juggling a lot right now, but my main focus is my cosmetics line. There's so much I want to do that I can't really think about anything else. I want to take my time and work on each individual product until it's perfect. I don't want to rush into anything."
"I just find Christmas so overwhelming. So if the CBC poll was taken during Christmas, no wonder people feel that way."
"They teach you that as an improviser you should never censor yourself. Whatever comes to your mind immediately, you say it - you go with it."
"I've learned that if the human brain is told it can't have something, it then wants that thing more than anything in the universe."
"We tweak the jokes, and on our best nights, our audience keeps laughing. We don’t want to leave much room for them to breath."
"It’s been a joy to write material for such a specific demographic."
"There is such a great lesson to learn in having your children in the kitchen with you. Children can smell the smells and watch all that goes into the preparation of the food. It’s a five-sense experience for them."
"There is a whole generation of kids coming up who don’t know about anything but eating processed food."
"It literally changes the quality of your life to be able to eat good food. It improves the nutrition of a child, and therefore it improves his or her health."
"Parents should encourage children as early as possible to begin safely using kitchen equipment."
"I think the importance of having kids in the kitchen is to expose them to something beyond cookies and snacks. It’s like a dumbing down of a child’s palate. By associating the fun of cooking only with sweets, you’re limiting the child’s experience."
"You would be surprised at how into cooking so many kids are today."
"You can make any food fun food."
"As a woman who's 50 and has a lot of jobs that I'm grateful for, I wanted to reflect that the American dream is still alive, that if you work very hard, opportunity will come your way, that you can be 50 and over and female in this country and still be relevant."
"You can't put a cook next to a stove and not expect that two things are going to happen - cooking and talking."
"Every time I put high heels on and I have to go somewhere in a dress I feel uncomfortable in, I'm not supposed to be at the party."
"Personally, what drives me is my learning spirit at every point of my journey."
"My ultimate heroes are my older sisters, Afia Adoma Sarpong Baafi and Akua Sarpong, who have inspired me in many ways and cheer me on"
"I want to be the best at what I do and be named in the list of top 10 presenters on the African continent"
"I don’t want to stop until I am there, I just need to put up with the grind and keep going with one show at time, one audience at a time…"