Janet Fitch Quotes
A figure in Los Angeles politics for five decades, my mother nevertheless had had her fill of talking to people by the time she came home at night.
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A healthy economics has got to have both conceptual, theoretical research and applied, empirical research.
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I don't like to rate myself; others can do that.
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The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.
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I am often critical of Israel's policies when in the country, but then feel defensive of them when overseas.
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You don't stay married for thirty-nine years because of sex or even because of love, but because your partner is a real friend to you, because they respect and regard you.
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It makes no difference whether a work is naturalistic or abstract; every visual expression follows the same fundamental laws.
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In Los Angeles, I'm always in Fred Segal. It's become a ritual. I have lunch and then buy lots of things I don't need. Usually tons of clothes for the kids that they grow out of in 10 seconds.
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Our planet's lands and oceans are already stretched to meet the demands of 7 billion people. The human population continues to grow. The search for sustainable solutions is an economic and a moral imperative if we are to create the future we want.
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As long as people have been making little people, they've wanted to know how not to.
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Acting is great therapy - you get to do things you'd normally get arrested for.
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I thought of learning cinematography, so I assisted a cinematographer for an ad.
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Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.
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People employed in financial institutions are rarely interesting and even more rarely likable.
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Leaks are always bad news.
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I live in a small world of gouache and brush and pen and ink. I'd like to explore the world of multiples - etching and prints.
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I sold steaks over the phone in Omaha, Nebraska. Marbling, fantastic. That's what makes a great steak; a lot of people don't know.
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I tend not to have any references to anything. I just jump into the script in front of me. If you reference too much, you have no idea if the performances are right.
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Nonchalance is the ability to remain down to earth when everything else is up in the air.
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Knowledge is marvelous, but wisdom is even better.
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Almost all people have this potential for evil, which would be unleashed only under certain dangerous social circumstances.
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I think you get the parts that people are comfortable with seeing you play.
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My parents waited to have me and my sister - my dad was 43 when my mother had me, and my mom was 38. They purposefully waited until they had had their adventures in life so that we wouldn't represent the end of their freedom.
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But in the end, all wars are more or less the same. If you dig down through the layers of caramel corn and peanuts and choking, burning death, you’ll find the prize at the bottom and the prize is a question and the question is this: Which of us are people and which of us are meat?
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A figure in Los Angeles politics for five decades, my mother nevertheless had had her fill of talking to people by the time she came home at night.
