James Thurber Quotes
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In China, a lot of the opening up of private entrepreneurship is happening because women are starting businesses, small businesses, faster than men.
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The very first time a politician puts you in his target is sometimes a disappointment, because perhaps you thought you were friends and getting along well... But it is not something that you dwelled on. At least, I did not.
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America is a poem in our eyes; its ample geography dazzles the imagination, and it will not wait long for metres.
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So, the international community are all the countries that are important: the United States definitely everywhere; the European Union because it is very important, and also, they do show a great deal of international responsibility; and then the local players.
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When I was living in New York and didn't have a penny to my name, I would walk around the streets and occasionally I would see an alcove or something. And I'd think, that'll be good, that'll be a good spot for me when I'm homeless.
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I've seen my parents dragged through the mud. But I wouldn't be the person I am today without them.
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The Wild West attracts cowboys. A sheriff is a good thing.
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A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and carry desolation in their way.
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Look back, and smile on perils past.
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I'd say mostly I paint hot chicks.
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I've grown up by the beach all my life, and I almost get anxiety if I haven't been swimming for a couple weeks or a month. It kind of builds up, so I try and get out as much as possible.
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The opponents of this process have always tried to vilify westernization as a poor imitation.
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In everyday life, I like APC, Isabel Marant, but I also like Zara. It depends how I'm feeling on the day. I like clothes that have a certain strength to them - simple but graphic.
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Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end.
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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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OK, I've been very wild, but I've never really been the sort of person who goes that crazy!
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Man takes his law from the Earth; the Earth takes its law from Heaven; Heaven takes its law from the Tao. The law of the Tao is its being what it is.
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My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.
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So to me, fat just seems to be right to the point and the most descriptive way to say it.
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I despise those prick actors who say, 'I was in character,' and 'I became the character,' and all that stuff. It's hideous. It's just masturbation at the highest level.
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If you practice for ten years, you may begin to please yourself, after 20 years you may become a performer and please the audience, after 30 years you may please even your guru, but you must practice for many more years before you finally become a true artist-then you may please even God.
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I don't believe in making pencil sketches and then painting landscape in your studio. You must be right under the sky.
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There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.
