Elsa Peretti Quotes
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I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid.
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We need more people working in the publishing industry itself who are people of colour.
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We believe that the world, too, can destroy apartheid, firstly by striking at the economy of South Africa.
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The path of least resistance is the path of the loser.
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Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with another man's wife, but if it is obvious for some reason that he would like to do so, and would do so if he could, he is no less guilty than if he was caught in the act.
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We have the ability to be able, if we have the right resources around us, to really do chop and change and have fun in our time and not just be stuck in one world or the other.
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Serbia did not want to recognize our country in a peaceful way, so that is why they wanted to destroy us. All our efforts to find a peaceful solution were impossible. In order to save the people, NATO had to intervene.
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If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
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I wanted to be a bull rider when I grew up.
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We are known as one of the few truly antifascist families in Munich.
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I don't want to be involved in endless media gossip.
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The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao; the name that can be named is not the eternal name. The Nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth; the Named is the mother of all things.
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I've always watched the political shows.
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The single most important thing we can do to protect our communities from climate change is to reduce dangerous carbon pollution.
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The polls and the pundits and the media seem to talk to each other. It's sort of like an echo chamber.
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Actually, the language in Shakespeare is wonderfully musical. You need to hear the music to connect with the words.
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I don't really think about anything too much. I live in the present. I move on. I don't think about what happened yesterday.
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But I'm so slow on it because I find it terribly hard writing blind on computers. The computer speaks to me, but it's just so slow, I'm so terribly slow using it.
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I like to see life with its teeth out.
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A book sometimes seems to impose a through-line to life that real life doesn't actually have.
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I'm hungry as an artist to find opportunities to contribute to the world in a more meaningful way than just numbing people through entertainment.
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I'm so glad that the peg-leg jeans thing is over. I'm over that, and I don't know why people think that the boyfriend jean looks good on everyone. Maybe if you're really tall and thin you can pull it off, or pull it off better than most. But being only five-foot-one and being more of a curvy girl, boyfriend jeans aren't the most flattering.
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Leadership is scarce because few people are willing to go through the discomfort required to lead. This scarcity makes leadership valuable...It's uncomfortable to stand up in front of strangers. It's uncomfortable to propose an idea that might fail. It's uncomfortable to challenge the status quo. It's uncomfortable to resist the urge to settle...If you're not uncomfortable in your work as a leader, it's almost certain you're not reaching your potential as a leader.
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I design for the working girl.
