Emily Weiss Quotes
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Flying down a tunnel of 1s and 0s is not how hacking is really done.
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I take care of my flowers and my cats. And enjoy food. And that's living.
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I wish more people felt that photography was an adventure the same as life itself and felt that their individual feelings were worth expressing. To me, that makes photography more exciting.
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There are clearly many good politicians who are guided by religious belief, so the mix can work. But there's a line to be drawn. It would be hugely dangerous for a country's laws to be set by the scriptures, and particularly those of the expansionist religions.
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Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
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Vocally, I have learned to find my strength, and my voice has developed a lot since 'Be Here.' I learned to sing with all of my body.
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When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.
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It hasn't been hard getting nominated, but winning it is another thing. The competition is tough.
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I mean, the problem is, I think I'm a great writer.
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My grandmother knitted me a crochet top when I was 15. I still fit into it and will never give it away.
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We really only have two choices. Play it safe, or take a chance. For me, pulling back because of fear has always made me feel worse.
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I was 16 when I auditioned for the series '8 Simple Rules.' They cast the kids first.
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I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as slick as a sonnet, but as dull as ditch water: I hate to go to bed, I hate to get up, and I hate to be alone.
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When I was in my 20s, I thought I knew who I was. And then as soon as I turned 30, I realized that person has bruises and bumps and dark parts. And you kind of go, well, that's it. I'd rather embrace it than force myself to change.
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I am open to them. If I come across something interesting, and I think it suits me, I may do a horror movie.
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I went to jail at 16 for stealing tires off Cadillacs. When I got out I said, Never again.
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The venerable emeritus professors still at Yale when I entered graduate school in the 1960s may have been reserved, puritanical WASPs, but they were men of honor who had given their lives to scholarship. Today in the elite schools, honor and ethics are gone.
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And in a flash I understood the meaning of sex. It is a craving for the mingling of consciousness, whose symbol is the mingling of bodies. Every time a man and a woman slake their thirst in the strange waters of the other's identity, they glimpse the immensity of their freedom.
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It is a good life, if I watch myself. Kind of like when I used to diet, but now instead of limiting calories, I will not allow negative self-talk. I cut out insults like I cut out carbs and it is hard as hell because I crave self-abuse like hot, fresh sourdough bread, but you know you have to be nice to you if you are going to live together.
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When you're that successful, things have a momentum, and at a certain point you can't really tell whether you have created the momentum or it's creating you.
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All creative work begins by doing something with the hands. Creation is simply a problem and design is the way out.
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One needs more than ambition and talent to make a success of anything, really. There must be love and a vocation.
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So much of venture capital is pattern recognition.
