Phil Klay Quotes
A great writer is a great writer... Tolstoy was not a woman, but 'Anna Karenina' is still a pretty good book.
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What novels do that biographies don't is get at truths by penetrating the facts, by going deeper to what's underneath fact, through invention.
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President Obama vowed in his State of the Union address to make assisting domestic manufacturers a top priority for his second term.
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There is nothing people can throw at me to say: 'Do this, do that.'
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Comfort and luxury are usually the chief requirements of life for your ego - its top priorities tend to be accumulations, achievements, and the approval of others.
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My activism and sexual revolution in New York was a factor.
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I grew up with injustice and could do nothing about it. But once in America, I had freedom of choice.
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I could be the best looking guy in the Duma, but that's only because all the other guys are over 60.
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My type of basketball is about how to create space, how to maneuver, how to get your shot off.
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I think the only advice I can give you on how to live your life well is, first off, remember... it's not the things we do in life that we regret on our deathbed, it is the things we do not.
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The years go so fast. I mean, I just realized that at the end of the year I will be twenty-two, and I just turned twenty-one.
Nastassja Kinski -
I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.
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Our international success started out first because we became the No. 1 casual wear brand in our home market of Japan. Then, we set up stores in the world's major fashion centers of New York, Paris and London.
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The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body.
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I like talking to priests, to Catholics. Everyone has their beliefs.
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I'm not usually attracted to big-budget American films.
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You're in the lap of the gods. If people go, they go, and if they don't.
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To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill.
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The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.
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The fascination of trifles obscures the good,” says the Wise Man. It is difficult in the midst of much doing and seeing to keep alive and present to the deepest reality, to the really real. And so the monk goes apart…
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I studied writing at university, and I actually majored in screenwriting. Then I went to work as a bookseller and then as a sales rep and publicist and then various editorial jobs until I ended up with HarperCollins in Australia.
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Years ago we discovered the exact point, the dead center of middle age. It occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the net.
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My work is focused on using data to tell stories and explore our common humanity.
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A sexy selfie can be incredibly empowering - but remember that, while a Snapchat message might expire, nothing on the Internet truly disappears.
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A great writer is a great writer... Tolstoy was not a woman, but 'Anna Karenina' is still a pretty good book.
