Elsa Maxwell Quotes
Someone said that life is a party. You join in after it's started and leave before it's finished.
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My first workshop was in Rome, and that was the start of House of Waris. In a little magical atelier, a goldsmith, his apprentice, his stone setter - and that was where it began.
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Looking up and out, how can we not respect this ever-vigilant cognizance that distinguishes us: the capability to envision, to dream, and to invent? the ability to ponder ourselves? and be aware of our existence on the outer arm of a spiral galaxy in an immeasurable ocean of stars? Cognizance is our crest.
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My attitude is always one of sensuality, aggressive enthusiasm and a kind of outrageousness in my expression.
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We tend in this country to talk about Democrats and Republicans, and think there's little group over there called Independents that's maybe 2%. That is not the case, and it has not been the case for most of modern American history.
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Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.
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I am not in the business of suppressing books.
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Like parents, cooks shouldn't have favourites, but some recipes inevitably shine more than others.
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I'll tell you, I never thought I'd ever be going into law, and certainly not the same kind of law as my dad.
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I'd like to do something with Michael Buble, Harry Connick Jr., Tim McGraw, Justin Timberlake, and Gwen Stefani.
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I hope to instill, in every child I meet, my love and enthusiasm for reading and stories.
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Just as soaps were very pivotal in the transition from radio to television, they will be right in the thick of things again in the transition from television to the Internet. Exciting news.
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Even if you only want to write science fiction, you should also read mysteries, poetry, mainstream literature, history, biography, philosophy, and science.
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There's six of us, and they didn't treat any of us different. They loved us the same. They treated us all the same, and I just want to be like them when I grow up.
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A lot of the time, people think I'm really dumb or really uncomfortable talking to them, which is kind of a real thing.
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What we have as artists is the immortalization opportunity that others don't have, because our work is lasting; it's there forever to view.
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My involvement with Guantanamo began as vice chief of staff.
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'HIM' is much more of a British, coming-of-age series, while 'Stranger Things' is very obviously a sci-fi drama.
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I'd much rather be liked because people realize that I'm standing up for myself.
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If you have a government that is elected, they need to do the hard work - because if they don't, they won't be around the next time the ballot box is open.
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If we continue to cut something with each resolution, I would say we're making steady progress and sending a strong conservative message.
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Negotiating with the Taliban must be done from a position of strength. Negotiating from a position of weakness would be a disaster.
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In patients with histories of incest, the proportion of RA cells that are ready to pounce is larger than normal. This makes the immune system oversensitive to threat, so that it is prone to mount a defense when none is needed, even when this means attacking the body’s own cells. Our study showed that, on a deep level, the bodies of incest victims have trouble distinguishing between danger and safety. This means that the imprint of past trauma does not consist only of distorted perceptions of information coming from the outside; the organism itself also has a problem knowing how to feel safe.
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Someone said that life is a party. You join in after it's started and leave before it's finished.
