Sara Blakely Quotes
I took a Fear of Flying class, and I always missed the class, because I was always flying.
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I've moved on to Plan B now, writing novels.
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I firmly believe that any good journalist must essentially be temperamentally an outsider. I don't think full sense of belonging and security is conducive to creativity.
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I didn't dictate sections of 'Visions of Cody.' I typed up a segment of taped conversation with Neal Cassady, or Cody, talking about his early adventures in L.A.
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When you play on a team, you learn that there will always be five guys you like, a bunch of guys who are OK, and five you despise. The trick to getting along in any system is not to worry about the five you despise.
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I definitely like to play characters that don't fit any kind of mold; that are slightly offbeat, because it's more fun to play.
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It is thought and feeling which guides the universe, not deeds.
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Early Islam was a time of great creativity. Scholars excelled in sciences and literature.
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All my books are made up of other books. They're all deeply structured on other fiction, because I was a student in fiction and I didn't have much actual living to draw on. I suspect a lot of other people's novels are like that, too, though they might be slower to talk about it.
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Westerners, more than most Asians, are prone to feelings of fear, self-hatred, and unworthiness.
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When you arrive at your destination, pay absolutely no attention to the thing people call jetlag.
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Man, Ben Henderson, Donald Cerrone... these guys are a different level, man.
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Barack Obama was a good president, and hopefully, Donald Trump is a good president.
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I began as a model, but that did not really hold my interest for too long! I believe I stood out from the parade of models trying to make it in Hollywood, which helped launch my career beyond the one-night-stand horror movie.
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I loved Peter Sellers. I thought he was the perfect mix of physical comedy with out-of-the-box humor. I loved his tone; I loved his physicality; I loved everything about what he was doing as a comedic actor.
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If this tragedy prompts reflection and debate, as it should, let's make sure it's worthy of those we have lost.
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Truth does not belong to an individual.
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γέροντα τὸν νοῦν, σάρκα δ᾽ ἡβῶσαν φύει
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This is a sad time for all people. We have suffered a loss that cannot be weighed. For me, it is a deep, personal tragedy. I know the world shares the sorrow that Mrs. Kennedy and her family bear. I will do my best; that is all I can do. I ask for your help and God's.
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Being in New York City is the best because I'm always walking, taking the subway and walking up and down the stairs - whether you like it or not, you're going to get exercise.
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Our repugnance to death increases in proportion to our consciousness of having lived in vain.
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Sometimes when I'm flying over the Alps I think, 'that's like all the cocaine I sniffed.
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I don't like flying at the best of times. And as I get older, I like it less and less. I don't much like driving, either. I prefer to be driven. And, when I'm in London, I don't even like walking on the street. I can never get used to looking the right way when I cross the street.
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People want to know everything, and so they put you in the limelight. Sometimes, I am not down to earth, and I think I am flying away from the outer realms of reality.
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I took a Fear of Flying class, and I always missed the class, because I was always flying.
