S. Jay Olshansky Quotes
Just because someone looks old doesn't mean he or she is. The skin of some people who spend a lot of time outdoors seems to age very rapidly. Someone can look 80 or 90 and only be 40 to 50.
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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I've been following what's happening in Colombia because it's the country of my childhood.
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I think most families have a few secrets or some strange aspect to their history. We're all fascinated by family dynamics, but I'd much rather sit in an audience and watch someone else's problems!
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People forget I go to work. They forget that the Coleridge house was bought and paid for by the daughter of a travel agent and a barmaid from what the actor Richard Burton once described as the nightmarish 'featureless suburb' of Croydon.
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I think good companies can navigate being public and doing the right things for their customers.
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The claim made by Team Obama that every dollar in stimulus translates into a dollar-and-a-half in growth is economic fiction. The costs of stimulus reduce future growth. No country has ever spent itself to prosperity. The price of stimulus has to be paid sometime.
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Once you come and see Kiss, you either love us or you hate us.
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'The HoneyLine' is my web site and TV segments that were birthed out of the stark reality that we all need a few people to help navigate this life.
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I redefined how I ate and exercised and have continued to keep that up because it feels great.
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Most tragic mistake in history occurred when the United States joined the U.N.
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I've never met a woman who thinks they've got a good enough figure - however perfect they look - which is sad, because no one else can see these perceived flaws; they're entirely internal.
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You can be socially accepted and tell the truth about what it is to be a woman.
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In many films, as many different characters, I've killed many different people.
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We're so marriage-obsessed, we think that only married people are families.
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We're all idealistic when young.
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I am not a hound; I am an attention-seeker. Very different animal. My kind of attention requires greater finesse.
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No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and the study of the great masters.
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I was a good bartender. I wouldn't say I was the best bartender in New York, but I could hold my own.
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I definitely hand myself over to the hair and makeup gods of 'Girls.' Our look on the show is very specific, and it's different from mine in real life, although I've definitely learned things from working with both the hair and makeup people for the show.
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People can be teachers and idiots; they can be philosophers and idiots; they can be politicians and idiots... in fact I think they have to be... a genius can be an idiot. The world is largely run for and by idiots; it is no great handicap in life and in certain areas is actually a distinct advantage and even a prerequisite for advancement.
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Solitude can be used well by very few people. They who do must have a knowledge of the world to see the foolishness of it, and enough virtue to despise all the vanity.
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My father always cooks more polenta than he needs for a meal. The excess he spreads on an oiled surface and chills. Next day, he cuts out chunks, fries them in olive oil and serves with salad.
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Just because someone looks old doesn't mean he or she is. The skin of some people who spend a lot of time outdoors seems to age very rapidly. Someone can look 80 or 90 and only be 40 to 50.
