Jenna Wortham Quotes
Thinking about Amazon's restraints - the company has never tried to introduce a social network or an email service, for example - you can understand something about the future Amazon seems to envision: A time when no screen is needed at all, just your voice.
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Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.
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I particularly like Hershey's chocolate - the kind which has almonds in it.
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Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches.
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A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
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Wong Kar-wai and Ang Lee are two Asian directors I'm really fond of.
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Here in France, I've seen some very good young designers, but they don't have this ability to be good businessmen, too. I think America gives you this.
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Tell me how a person judges his or her self-esteem, and I will tell you how that person operates at work, in love, in sex, in parenting, in every important aspect of existence - and how high he or she is likely to rise. The reputation you have with yourself - your self-esteem - is the single most important factor for a fulfilling life.
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When I was little, we had a Golden Book that had all these Disney characters in one portrait on the first page. My dad used to read from it every night. We'd play this game of find Pluto or find Donald Duck. He'd read us stories and do all the voices. Those are great memories.
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If the colonists hadn't rejected British militarism and the massive financial burden of maintaining the British military, America wouldn't exist.
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I'm really into Greek yogurt, fruit and almonds. Those are my 'go-to' snacks.
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'The Outsiders' died on the vine being sold as a drugstore paperback.
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After the second and final time that I got hugely fat in my life and when I lost that weight six or seven years ago, I pretty much decided that I was going to stay in decent shape for the rest of my life.
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I think it is perfectly natural for any artist to admire intensely and love a young man. It is an incident in the life of almost every artist.
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Reason cannot calm the storm of emotion, and emotion usually wins, until it settles down and allows reason to rise again and apologize on behalf of it.
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War is the unfolding of miscalculations.
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As an actor, I think you should always disappear a little. I act in order to lose myself.
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If contemporary artists sincerely seek to be original, unique, and new, they should begin by disregarding the notions of originality, individuality, and innovation: they are the cliches of our time.
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The experiments show quite clearly that, as you resist more and more temptation, you're actually more and more likely to fail.
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As an actor, I have these tics that I don't even know exist.
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Paris is mostly retired people - I love it, and it's a beautiful city, but it's quite slow.
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I actually think that I'm a genius; not to toot my own horn or anything, but I think I'm a musical genius.
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Thinking about Amazon's restraints - the company has never tried to introduce a social network or an email service, for example - you can understand something about the future Amazon seems to envision: A time when no screen is needed at all, just your voice.
