V. S. Naipaul Quotes
I really wasn't equipped to be a writer when I left Oxford. But then I set out to learn. I've always had the highest regard for the craft. I've always felt it was work.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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I think that we are trying to put data communications, telecommunications and media communications together and be the No. 1 player there.
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I think that as you grow up, as you get older, we can't get bitter, we can't get jaded.
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It's so important to get your skin to look even, whether it's with a MAC Cosmetics glow, a Laura Mercier tinted moisturizer, or even just a solid foundation. Start off with a good prep and a good primer.
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People often try to disguise televisions. I always think that makes it worse. It is what it is!
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The ideas keep going, you have the material, you cut because there's a limit to the space allowed to you. And the space is limited because of some other constraints that have to do with money or printing or whatever.
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Becoming a vampire means completely changing your identity.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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Somebody tell the damn players to start playing like old school.
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Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
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To my mind, an adventure is something a person willingly undertakes.
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The best philosophers were not academics, but had another job, so their philosophy was not corrupted by careerism.
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I have this data bank garbage can in the back of my head that is an emotional collection of events that have occurred in my life.
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Early in my investment-banking career, I realized I was on a path that others had set out for me.
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Barack Obama is more irritating than the other nuisances on the Left.
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I would like to thank my colleagues for voting a Social Democrat prime minister and to assure them I will vote a liberal president, as well.
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I believe that blues and jazz are the two uniquely American contributions into music.
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I've met so many leaders who realize that telling your colleagues something that is on your mind is so much easier than keeping it in. Sometimes the things we make up in our heads are not nearly as big a deal as we think.
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I don't feel guilty about the music I love. If you feel guilty about something you dig, then you should stop feeling guilty about it. One of my favorite albums to this day is the 10th anniversary ensemble cast of 'Les Miserables,' the ultimate cast recording, and it is still something I love listening to top to bottom.
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Even at my biggest, I want to be writing for other artists. Even at my peak - the highest I can be as an artist - I always want to be keeping my creative juices flowing, keeping money in the bank, putting my intellectual property out there.
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I don't believe anyone who says they don't care what people say about them. Of course they bloody well do.
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Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain.
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I really wasn't equipped to be a writer when I left Oxford. But then I set out to learn. I've always had the highest regard for the craft. I've always felt it was work.
