Martha Stewart Quotes
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The homes I like the best are totally occupied, busy, and useful, whether it's a tiny little house or a great big one. Rarely do you find a great big house that's used in a good way. So I prefer smaller spaces that are full of books, full of things that people are doing.
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I was the second of six kids. I wouldn't say we were poor; we had no money. That's different.
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You should feel good about making your home nicer for your family and your friends. You should feel great about cooking a good dinner and making a dress for a granddaughter, creating a beautiful birthday party. It's all part of life.
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I had a critical father. I'm more like my father. He was a sales rep for pharmaceutical companies.
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My goal with our American Made program is to inspire people of all ages to become 'doers,' whether it's them learning how to make an easy weekday dinner or starting their own business.
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I am a hero worshiper. I love the number one tennis player. I love the number one baseball player. I want to see those records broken.
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I grew up in a very modest home. We grew a lot of our food in our backyard. We fished; my brothers hunted.
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I haven't been to Tasmania. I haven't been to the South Pole, and I haven't been to the North Pole. I want to see the polar bear migration before there are no polar bears. I want to see Glacier National Park before the glacier melts.
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Everywhere I go, I always look for creative entrepreneurs, whether it's artisans and craftsmen, small farmers and gardeners, or restaurateurs who use fresh, locally sourced ingredients.
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There are two kinds of people... There are the dreamers who go and buy, and there are the doers who go and make. And I've always recognized that. So the dreamers are what support our company because they will buy the product that they could make if they wanted to, had time to, or were so inclined to.
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Stewart: Living. Living. Everyday living. At home, in the garden, around the house, with the kids, um, on vacation, and it has always been for me a very serious subject. But to persuade other people that it's a serious subject, not my readers, not my, not my followers, I don't want to call them followers, my friends, but to persuade...
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Everywhere I go, I always look for creative entrepreneurs, whether it's artisans and craftsmen, small farmers and gardeners, or restaurateurs who use fresh, locally sourced ingredients. I admire the courage and self-reliance it takes to start your own business and make it succeed.
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I get up really early, and I go to bed really late. Sometimes I get tired, but it's not important. I have an exciting existence, and there's so much to do.
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My daughter emails me. When your daughter starts to email you instead of talk to you... It's horrible. You cannot forget human communication.
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I adore summer entertaining. For a dinner party at the farm, I might prepare homemade fettuccine with porcini mushrooms, soft-shell crabs, spinach from the garden, and lemon tarts with fraises des bois for dessert.
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I don't even like firing people. I don't think I've ever said, 'You're fired' to anybody.
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I believe in a man and a woman being equal. I really believe that we can do anything we set our minds to.
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I invented 'It's a good thing' before you were even born.
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For styling, I don't like a lot of mousse. I do use Sally Hershberger's Texture Blast, which is like a hair spray, but just at the roots. I have really good hair, and I don't like to plaster it.
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I'm kind of a complainer, but not about getting old. I complain about, you know, something that can be fixed.
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I think you can fairly say I spawned or laid an egg that has turned into a lifestyle industry.
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I catnap now and then, but I think while I nap, so it's not a waste of time.
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A lot of TV people buy more than one of an item, in case they spot or stain it, but I don't like buying duplicates - it's wasteful.
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I'm not supposed to say it, but I was not guilty of any crime. I became a target because I was a strong and a rich woman who had been very successful.