Paul S. Kemp Quotes
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Developing new products is labour- intensive. So is producing the capital goods needed to make them. These jobs disappear when innovation stalls.
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No characters in 'Stay Close,' including the leads, are black and white. I want them to be grey. I think that makes for a much more interesting reading experience, something that will stay with you a little bit longer.
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I would prefer to have a more appealing job. If I could still change careers, I would prefer it. This unfortunate art is made for long beards and ugly faces rather than for a relatively well-endowed woman.
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I make the music my ears want to hear, I wear the clothes my body wants to wear and the ones boys call me back for, and I generally make the songs that my feet dance to.
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The fact that hype exists doesn't prove that something is not important.
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If you can turn your wants into your needs, you can do anything.
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We have found that the most successful teachers in low-income communities operate like successful leaders. They establish a vision of where their students will be performing at the end of the year that many believe to be unrealistic.
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I normally wear Stuart Weitzman or Kors Michael Kors.
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The gap in India has always been between the promise and the execution.
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After wrestling with myself for six months, I began medical treatment. During that time I started a band with some friends of mine called Jack's Car, but that didn't last.
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I love John Irving's stuff. It's that marriage of comedy and tragedy. It's really terrific.
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I would be nothing if it wasn't for the town where I grew up and the people who gave me my inspiration.
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A lot of cinema is about the game of authenticity - do you feel it's real?
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It's better to get mugged than to live a life of fear.
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I always liked having a good time. I got into this business because I got fired from any job I ever had because I stayed out late playing music.
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For millions, Roger Ebert will be remembered as a writer and television personality who brought a sense of passion and excellence to his craft. For me, he is a man who fused joy and courage as few others ever have. My life was enriched by having such a friend; it is poorer for losing such a friend.
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I love finding out-of-the-box inspirations and blending them with what I've done in the past. And when I started to experiment with genres, it didn't sound forced. Maybe that's because it's all music that I listened to growing up, and it's all music that I love.
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Before 'Wings' came out, I told a few people that at the end of book one, readers should think Laurel made the right choice. Then, at the end of 'Spells,' they should understand why Laurel made the choice she did.
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Of what use were wings to a man fast bound in chains of iron?
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I didn't know a thing about Oxford and had never been to Britain. My father suggested it because in 1939 he had been about to take up a place at Wadham College, but the war broke out, and he joined the Army instead.
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I don't consider myself a goody-goody, but I like to be perceived as classy.
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So many large movies come to you with a huge marketing campaign and it's like you have to see this movie this weekend, otherwise you'll be culturally bankrupt and can't converse with your friends.
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Let us believe neither half of the good people tell us of ourselves, nor half the evil they say of others.
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With young kids (I have four including the newborn) times passes weirdly for me.
