Ory Okolloh Quotes
I wish I had not believed that my work would speak for itself; the working world requires a bit more than that.
Quotes to Explore
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Virtually every major technology has an initial spike of interest, then a dip, and then a long-term rise to success. The dot-com bubble is the canonical example, but there are many more.
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With 'Dance Moms' in L.A., we film on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. When we film in Pittsburgh, we film the same days, but we still dance in our studio when we're not filming, so I'm dancing every day except Sunday.
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For me, my home is a peaceful place where I can rest, and it gives me back energy.
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Creativity runs across many categories in life, from the arts-and-crafts project a mum or dad does with their kids, to the bestselling author's manuscript, to the designs of the hairdresser, to the creations of the computer programming genius.
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The biography of a writer - or even the autobiography - will always have this incompleteness.
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I'll say things that are serious and put them in a joke form so people can enjoy them. We laugh to keep from crying.
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I always try to keep one very feminine quality to my style.
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Some musicians I know are incredible fathers. Like Keith Richards. A fantastic dad.
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Long before we understand ourselves through the process of self-examination, we understand ourselves in a self-evident way in the family, society and state in which we live.
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The nearest approach I have ever seen to the symmetry of ancient sculpture was among the Arab tribes of Ethiopia. Our Saxon race can supply the athlete, but not the Apollo.
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This whole beauty thing is something I've never comprehended.
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If I'm saying a universal truth, but maybe it's something that people don't feel comfortable saying... It's a strange take, but at the same time, what you're hitting on is kind of right. You can relate. That's the heart of comedy. You have to have a point of view. You gotta commit. And the more you commit to it, sometimes the funnier it gets.
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People say it's a Ponzi scheme, it's a bubble. People really don't want to take it seriously. At some point, that narrative will shift to 'virtual currencies are here to stay.'
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I always send new writers to 'Writer's Digest Books' line-up of how-to books. I read them all when I was starting out, and they were very helpful.
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I think my job is to keep the ball down. I always say I try to go out there and get early contact, and strikeouts just seem to happen.
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I have deep emotions about the American people. If I were to cry for anything, I would cry for them and the policies that they're about to face.
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War is the continuation of politics by other means.
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You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
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Computers intimidate me.
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I firmly believe that any good journalist must essentially be temperamentally an outsider. I don't think full sense of belonging and security is conducive to creativity.
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Only get rid altogether of your nonsensical trash about the beautiful, which I nor anybody else, nor yourself to boot, could ever understand,-only free yourself of that, and your success in life is as sure as daylight.
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I also work with the spirituality of people.
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We all grew up on movies with scenes where the actor is lying, and you know he's lying, but he wants to make sure you know it's a lie, and so he overacts and all but winks at you, and everybody in the world except for the girl he's talking to knows he's lying.
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I wish I had not believed that my work would speak for itself; the working world requires a bit more than that.
