William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
Hint at the existence of wickedness in a light, easy, and agreeable manner, so that nobody's fine feelings may be offended.William Makepeace Thackeray
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Other families who are poor do what they can to get out of it. My mother did not. She did not utilise her resources. She had a degree. There was something she could have done, but she actively, purposely refused that so we could have this absolutely authentic experience of the worst of capitalism: 'See? Look how bad capitalism is.'
Said Sayrafiezadeh -
I've been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details for any artist to be good.
Barbra Streisand -
I see Turkey's future as being in Europe, as one of many prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries.
Orhan Pamuk -
I guess becoming an adult and learning how to survive on your own is exciting.
Maika Monroe -
I saw 'The Devil Wears Prada.' I don't think it's a reality.
Carine Roitfeld -
A new idea - whether it's a way to collect solar energy more efficiently or a cheaper way to desalinate sea water or a new seed to boost the amount of food we can grow - can stretch the physical resources we have, or even multiply them. And the ideas themselves don't ever wear out.
Ramez Naam
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Marriage is a definite no-no. I am totally married to my company. Emotionally, my mother fills up the void in my life. So there it is. My company is a spouse I will never cheat on, and my mother completes me as a son. I think I have a full family unit of my own.
Karan Johar -
We're in the same ghettos, same inner cities, and we're suffering from the same problems. Every problem the blacks have, the Latinos have.
Fat Joe -
I was always very academically focused when I was growing up, and music was something for which I really had no preconceptions or expectations for myself or really any rules. It kind of represented, at least for me, a divergent path of creativity and self-discovery.
K. Flay -
Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross and the Jackson 5, that's what I grew up on.
Madonna Breakfast Club -
Anything where I get to write a lot of jokes and have a lot of creative control - that's all I want.
Mallory Ortberg -
I made a clean version of 'Enter the Ninja' that my mom can listen to.
Watkin Tudor Jones
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I'd probably play games obsessively if I didn't write, although I admit I don't read novels partly because I don't enjoy it, not just because it's the wrong side of the creator-consumer barrier for me. I'm a visual writer. I think in moving 3D images and write down what I observe.
Karen Traviss -
The presumption of innocence, the benefit of the doubt, walking without worrying - these should not be hallmarks of white privilege. They are human rights - human rights - that should be enjoyed by all.
Randi Weingarten -
From the first moment that I can remember, I had identified myself as a bass player and it had everything to do with my father, who was a bass player. And he loved music, you know, as much as anybody I've ever seen. And that dynamic I just thought as somehow was a straight pass to me.
Edgar Meyer -
You always hear about delegation, but people make the mistake of delegating and not following up. I give authority, but I stay in touch. Otherwise it doesn't work.
Wayne Huizenga -
I always love that phrase, 'Oh, this is a good idea, but it's execution dependent.' As if anything in life is not execution dependent. Breathing is execution-dependent.
Ted Sarandos -
I was afraid the other musicians might want to present themselves too much, though I see in the coverage I've received of the album that the musicians got wonderful reviews for their contributions and abilities. I think the four musicians played freely within my limits.
Eberhard Weber
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To notice people's deceptions yet not reveal it in words, to bear people's insults without showing any change of attitude-there is endless meaning in this, and also endless function.
Zicheng Hong -
Every time we revise our history, we also revise the mythology of our history.
Laura Anne Gilman -
Every 30 seconds a patient dies from diseases that could be treated with tissue replacement.
Anthony Atala -
I remember one game when I pitched in Yankee Stadium and gave up five runs in the first inning. It would have been easy to quit, but I shut 'em out the rest of the way, and we came back and won the game.
Hal Newhouser -
I think putting labels on people is just an easy way of marketing something you don't understand.
Adam Jones -
Hint at the existence of wickedness in a light, easy, and agreeable manner, so that nobody's fine feelings may be offended.
William Makepeace Thackeray