Elizabeth Wurtzel Quotes
I always knew I was a writer. And I always thought to myself, 'Well, why not me?' Someone has to be on the best-seller list, 'Why not me?' Someone has to write for the 'New Yorker,' 'Why not me?' And I didn't really get much positive reinforcement as a kid, so I thought, 'Well let me show you what I can do.'Elizabeth Wurtzel
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Our music doesn't make many compromises, but we take it into a venue that's larger than people expect.
Ian Williams Battles -
I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me. As if there's a 'one size fits all' standard for happiness.
Kanye West -
I want my shows to be eerie and mysterious.
Paloma Faith -
I don't really love to perform in music. Some people like it more, but it's not my thing so much, but just the writing, when you get the lyric, and the lyric just goes just the right way, or you find the right bridge that takes you to the solo, and those moments are tremendous, and it's difficult to portray.
Pardis Sabeti -
I find it hard to be labelled in this new 'super-rich' category because we all grew up with very little. The idea that 'to get rich is glorious' is really a new phenomenon. I certainly didn't grow up like that.
Zhang Xin -
Washington worked very hard to create his legacy. Even before the War of Independence was over, he was assembling his papers and making sure they were going to be in a state of preservation that would represent as best he could the official side of what occurred during the Revolution.
Nathaniel Philbrick
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I was a dancer of no repute. But dance taught me a lot. You walk into a dance studio knowing you have to walk out with a dance. You improvise.
Dan Phillips -
I was a huge fan of 'Game Of Thrones.' I hadn't read the books but had watched the series from the beginning.
Nathalie Emmanuel -
The important thing is to be there, score when needed. It's better if the goals are beautiful, better still if they are important.
Wayne Rooney -
I wake up early in the morning and walk for an hour. If I have something to write, I prefer to write in the morning until midday, and in the afternoon, I eat.
Naguib Mahfouz -
Nothing reinforces a professional relationship more than enjoying success with someone.
Harold Ramis -
I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.
Oscar Wilde
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Find fault with thyself rather than with others.
Ieyasu Tokugawa -
Did you know that, pound for pound, the moose is the leanest ruminant on Earth? It's true. Moose are very in tune with their natural surroundings.
Mallory Ortberg -
If someone had told me years ago that sharing a sense of humour was so vital to partnerships, I could have avoided a lot of sex!
Kate Beckinsale -
On the other hand, when I give it closer thought, I realize I'm not enough of a dictator to conduct an orchestra because it requires a pretty awful person. When you read these biographies of famous conductors, they are all awful people who fail in their private relationships.
Eberhard Weber -
It was an outdoor Shakespeare theater that I grew up at. That feels like home, and the place I'm always trying to figure out how to get to.
Hamish Linklater -
In every European nation, there have been problems in history when the society was too divided.
Harri Holkeri
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If there's 'game' in the title, I'm there! Ready to play!
Natalie Dormer -
In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.
Edward Hopper -
One kid's old, used-up equipment is another kid's brand-new, awesome, awesome equipment.
Bode Miller -
Eat that frog! If you have to eat 3 frogs, eat the biggest and uggliest one first.
Brian Tracy -
You can't make positive choices for the rest of your life without an environment that makes those choices easy, natural, and enjoyable.
Deepak Chopra -
I always knew I was a writer. And I always thought to myself, 'Well, why not me?' Someone has to be on the best-seller list, 'Why not me?' Someone has to write for the 'New Yorker,' 'Why not me?' And I didn't really get much positive reinforcement as a kid, so I thought, 'Well let me show you what I can do.'
Elizabeth Wurtzel