Djuna Barnes Quotes
After all, it is not where one washes one's neck that counts but where one moistens one's throat.
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I've always really been interested in the Pygmalion myth and both what it has to say about creativity and what it has to say about relationships between men and women.
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The best advice that was given to me was that I had to be 10 times smarter, braver and more polite to be equal. So I did.
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I think authors can get into trouble viewing the subject matter as their turf.
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I don't believe any color in particular can bring good luck. I think it's just a coincidence that I was introduced in white costumes. That said, the color is very soothing. So, my house is all white.
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If you know you are giving your best effort, you'll never have any reason for regrets.
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We adore chaos because we love to produce order.
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My dresses are designed to win, so going through it, I think about, what do I want to represent? So, definitely, Vera Wang has been an inspiration for me.
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I think I just have to control what I can control. I can control myself. I can't control anything else but what I do. I definitely know I can do a better job at that.
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Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
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I love mixing with comedians when I'm working with them, but when I'm not I don't feel the need to hang around with them.
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To make an album like 'Love Letter,' everything's got to be about love. Everything has to have a great feeling when you listen to it.
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Zionism is a revolutionary process. And in a revolution, you must be ready not to think too much about sentiments or human weaknesses.
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All I can say is that I've always felt like a very old soul. When I was 3, I felt 60.
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What happens in the music business is that if you step out of your little spot to do something else, the sand falls right into where you stood and you're gone, you're history.
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I can memorise lines quickly. Knowing Telugu now has helped improve my performance.
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I am sure it will be mentioned and debated but from my standpoint I know who is in the Hall of Fame. A lot of them don't belong in the Hall of Fame. If someone wants to debate me, check the stats.
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People tell you everything changes when you have a kid, but what nobody says is you don't mind.
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The big challenge is looking ripped and lean without being too big because on camera, it's easy to appear thick.
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I open to anything... just about anything.
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Your take on things is what is either going to make you somebody people talk about or no.
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I'm the gooney bird that walked to the bank. I'm doing better than most of those guys who said I was crazy.
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In the thousands of articles that made up the technical literature of chaos, few were cited more often than 'Deterministic Nonperiodic Flow.' For years, no single object would inspire more illustrations, even motion pictures, than the mysterious curve depicted at the end, the double spiral that became known as the Lorenz attractor.
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After all, it is not where one washes one's neck that counts but where one moistens one's throat.
