Eva Zeisel Quotes
I never wanted to do something grotesque. I never wanted to shock. I wanted my audience to be happy, to be kind.
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A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.
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But if you listen to great piano players, both classical and jazz, there's a huge range of dynamics and colors and emotional expression that's possible with the instrument.
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In fighting, you're not going 200 mph, but there's obviously danger in the sport. If you're a fighter or a NASCAR driver, you're obviously an adrenaline junkie. Both also take a lot of skill.
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Even an animal, if you show genuine affection, gradually trust develops... If you always showing bad face and beating, how can you develop friendship?
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Ultimately, I hypothesize that technology will one day be able to recreate a realistic representation of us as a result of the plethora of content we're creating converging with other advances in machine learning, robotics and large-scale data mining.
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I just wish that people will be kinder to me when I pass away.
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People in Tulsa are totally friendly; the crowds are very nice.
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If one is going to change the definition of marriage to be, quote, 'same sex,' then there is absolutely no valid argument constitutionally or rhetorically you can make against multiple people getting married. These are radical social changes.
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Money for me today does not really matter.
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I want to be regarded as the best guy in the world, and I want to beat the best guy in the world.
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I regret all of my books.
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I want to do all types of music, music for all people. I want my music to be encouraging, to help people.
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Many of my fellow atheists consider all talk of 'spirituality' or 'mysticism' to be synonymous with mental illness, conscious fraud, or self-deception. I have argued elsewhere that this is a problem - because millions of people have had experiences for which 'spiritual' and 'mystical' seem the only terms available.
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Neither fairness nor justice, neither reality nor humanity can be simulated or manipulated by wires or remote controls.
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They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time.
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If there was a turning point for me, it was 'The Bridges at Toko-Ri.' It is a very fine short novel. But it gave me very little satisfaction. Really. I decided I wasn't going to go down that avenue.
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I just have to trust that the story is going to shake out in such a way that's going to be palatable to readers.
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I had a remarkably happy childhood; whatever scars I have are self-inflicted.
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Maybe one of the most heartening findings from the psychology of pleasure is there's more to looking good than your physical appearance. If you like somebody, they look better to you. This is why spouses in happy marriages tend to think that their husband or wife looks much better than anyone else thinks that they do.
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The historian is a prophet looking backward.
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Growing up, I was in love with Jennifer Aniston from 'Friends.'
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I think gay people are like blondes: There're fewer of them but they have more fun.
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I never wanted to do something grotesque. I never wanted to shock. I wanted my audience to be happy, to be kind.
