Erich von Stroheim Quotes

I would like to have you quote me, Erich von Stroheim, as having said on this day of this month of this year this one thing: you Americans are living on baby food.

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• I've struggled with depression before. For me, music was always a very positive way to will myself out of that situation.

  

  Washed Out
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• If England became a world power, it was because of the industrial revolution.

  

  N. R. Narayana Murthy
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• In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were living way beyond their means.

  

  Jackie Cooper
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• You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.

  

  Ram Kapoor
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• Water for People is a non-profit international organization that brings together communities, entrepreneurs, governments - people - to create solutions that empower people to maintain their own reliable water systems and sanitation.

  

  Kat Graham
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• One cannot plan for the unexpected.

  

  Aaron Klug
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• Imam Rauf and his backers have every legal right to build their extravagant Islamic center within the lethal radius of Ground Zero. But the rest of us have the right to question why they insist on doing so.

  

  Ralph Peters
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• The day I became a hero, my dream was realised. Everything else is a bonus.

  

  Vijay Sethupathi
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• I'm a girl that loves cars. I've always loved them. I love to drive with the windows down, sunroof open, and music pumping.

  

  Rachel Nichols
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• Before you start a business, careful planning is in order to obtain to where you ought to be. The biggest part is to ensure that, once you might have created your own plan, that you simply take motion. Without motion, you are unable to succeed.

  

  Fabrizio Moreira
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• Ricky Gervais is a genius.

  

  Oscar Nunez
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• My least favorite subject? Uh... I didn't have a least favorite subject because, I mean, high school is so much fun.

  

  Nate Robinson
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• I'm a bed monster.

  

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• Although my music is electronic, it has a lot of influences from my past, which is all sorts of genres; I've been in a rock-metal band for a long time, and I still feel like, personally, I have a lot of influence from that. My classical influence, you can find spots here and there.

  

  Anton Zaslavski
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• I'm Pisces with Leo rising. The Pisces part is the dreamer. The Leo says, 'Let's execute.'

  

  Quincy Jones
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• The great thing about Ticketmaster is that it's seen as the comprehensive site for ticketing, artist information, venue information. We're a marketing platform, not just a technology platform, and we're going to build on it.

  

  Irving Azoff
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• Nothing's better than a picnic.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
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• Recruiting is the one thing I hate. I won't do it unless my coaches tell me I've just got to. The whole process is kind of undignified for me and the young man.

  

  Bear Bryant
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• What fools call 'wasting time' is most often the best investment.

  

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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• People understand the tremendous sacrifices that veterans have made - and they instinctively want to do something for them. And that sometimes leads people to give veterans an excuse: Oh, you didn't show up for work on time. It must be that you have posttraumatic stress disorder. Oh, you're disabled. Don't even try.

  

  Eric Greitens
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• I am the luckiest guy I know.

  

  Matt Lauer
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• Taking privacy cues from the federal government is - to say the least - ironic, considering today's Orwellian level of surveillance. At virtually any given time outside of one's own home, an American citizen can reasonably assume his movements and actions are being monitored by something, by somebody, somewhere.

  

  Bob Barr
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• Well, by the standards of a lot of countries, by Latin American standards, it wasn't so bad.

  

  Paul A. Volcker
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• I would like to have you quote me, Erich von Stroheim, as having said on this day of this month of this year this one thing: you Americans are living on baby food.

  

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