Oscar Wilde Quotes
If there is anything more annoying in the world than having people talk about you, it is certainly having no one talk about you.
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When I started out back in Louisville, there was Harry Collins. He was my first teacher. He saw that I was so obsessed with magic that he taught me the love of magic.
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It sounds kind of stupid, but I've never not wanted to be a musician. It's been inside me since I was little so I don't know what else I would do.
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We have this idea that extroverts are better salespeople. As a result, extroverts are more likely to enter sales; extroverts are more likely to get promoted in sales jobs. But if you look at the correlation between extroversion and actual sales performance - that is, how many times the cash register actually rings - the correlation's almost zero.
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If Bret went in there and stunk the place out, then they probably wouldn't have brought the little brother in. So just by being successful himself, it opened the door for me.
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I'm easily entertained.
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No, but it's not because I'm getting older that I'm trying to accelerate. But something very curious is happening: The older I get, the more ideas I'm getting.
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People don't buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons.
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The men and women of my generation are heirs to that great collective success which has been admired worldwide and of which we are so proud. It is now up to us to pass it on to the coming generations.
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'Yela' represents hunger, life, light, fire, power. 'Wolf' speaks to my fighting spirit. The soul I put in my music.
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God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist.
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I even lived on campus to get the college experience. I had five roommates and I still keep in touch with them while I'm on the road.
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There's no single company in the whole world that has a big-scale production base and at the same time has screening and distribution channels. Wanda Group is the first one in the world.
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Since first starting my career, I've grown accustomed to working with actors older than me. I'm always the youngest.
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Dolphins games always have been among the most popular NFL telecasts in England.
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Confining marine animals to tanks and separating them from their families and their natural surroundings, just so people can watch them swim in endless circles, teaches us far more about humans than it does about animals - and the lesson is not a flattering one.
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The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers.
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If I have to produce movies, direct movies, whatever to change the way Hollywood treats older women, I'll do it. If I have to bend the rules, I will. If I have to break them, I will.
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There are still 500,000 persons afflicted with leprosy in Latin America, so it is still very much present.
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Basically, I start my morning off with a Bustelo coffee made in a mocha pot - the Bialetti. I warm some milk on the side, on my stove, and I add one teaspoon or half a teaspoon of real sugar. I have two of these every morning. Even when I was pregnant.
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I don't really listen to the radio anymore, but some of the more contemporary people I like are Stereolab, Spiritualize, Yo La Tengo and Bedhead. There are other things too, like Pavement. They're a great band, with really good lyrics. But generally, I'm not overwhelmed by the state of indie-rock.
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The chemistry of making the songs is often about being inspired by each other and responding intuitively.
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Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.
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Sometimes even the greatest joys bring challenge, and children with special needs inspire a very, very special love.
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If there is anything more annoying in the world than having people talk about you, it is certainly having no one talk about you.
