Bess Myerson Quotes
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To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example; not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world.
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I'm really nearsighted, which has served me well.
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The Berlin Wall wasn't the only barrier to fall after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Traditional barriers to the flow of money, trade, people and ideas also fell.
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After years of research, I discovered 25 differences in the work-life choices of men and women. All 25 lead to men earning more money, but to women having better lives.
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'The Princess Bride' is by far the most popular film I've ever done. I don't think I'll ever top it.
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But what if no one's watching?What if when we're dead, we are just dead?What if there's no time to lose?What if there's things we gotta do,Things that need to be said?
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When we're recording, I always dress up.
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If you take life at face value, it loses its luster pretty quickly. If you go after it, you get more out of it.
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The European public has always been great to me.
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I always want more, and that's just my life.
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Fashion is all about references. All these names being thrown around.
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What was most important to me at the Olympics was going out there and performing my best. When I messed up the first jump combination, which was my big move, it hit me that I messed up the program of my life.
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If I love a comic but they have an off night, who am I to say they should have taken out this or added that? It doesn't work that way... I have no interest in hurting people's feelings.
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The fashion industry is an immense cultural and social blight that only gets a free pass because its would-be detractors are scared it'll start criticising their haircut.
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I was okay with school. My sister Kourtney was extremely smart. I always read a little slower.
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I've never written anything that hasn't been in my mind for a long time - seven or eight years.
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When I first drew him I had eyes in there and it didn't look right.
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In philosophy, they talk a lot about humans being actual organic machines, and the idea of free will is something that we've made up. We actually don't have free will. We're acting according to our programming as organic mechanisms.
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Remember, once more how our world should be. And please, don't forget, please, please don't forget.
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My tattoo is a phoenix. I got the first when I was 16. I hid it for years.
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Of course New York is the Mecca of style in America, but don't knock Phoenix - it's not as big, but there are lots of people with style there.
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The Chronic represented everything that I hated about hip-hop as a fan, but then later represented everything that I stood for as a musician and engineer.
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I'm like a phoenix. I rise from the ashes.
