Sara Teasdale Quotes
There's nothing half so real in life as the things you've done... inexorably, unalterably done.
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I like to wear shoes that are cool but also practical. The same goes for bags. Your bag is a big deal in New York. You can't just carry around a little clutch, because you don't have a car or anywhere to stash things during the day, so you need to carry your whole life with you. That's why I like big, chunky bags with lots of compartments.
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It's been so amazing. I've always struggled with this barrier that I felt like I'd had up until blogging came along. Just one comment from somebody really sparks something in me. It doesn't need to be this huge war between me and the listeners anymore. I really thrive on that.
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I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.
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I didn't expect to have music as my main thing. I always thought I was going to be a lawyer. When I graduated, I was doing really well with my music in Malaysia. I had stable income, and I had really good momentum in the music industry, so I had to make a decision whether to stop that and continue being a lawyer.
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I only feel sorry for weak people. And mostly what I've come to find is that the weak people are the ones that are the haters.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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All the big online retailers are looking at how to enter the Russian market.
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The time I trust will come, perhaps within the lives of some of us, when the outline of this science will be clearly made out and generally recognised, when its nomenclature will be fixed, and its principles form a part of elementary instruction.
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I don't think the economy telegraphs very clearly where it's going.
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There's good and bad in everybody. I wasn't looking for the good, or looking for the bad. This is a man who signed his pact with the devil 20 years ago, and he's learned to live with it. He's tried to protect his family from it.
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Beware of the company you keep. See that you associate with the right type of people.
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The young people who join extremist groups are clearly suffering from massive deficiencies in religious knowledge and are often politically gullible (when they are not attempting to salve pangs of conscience by cutting themselves off from a life of delinquency).
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The best part of one's life is the working part, the creative part. Believe me, I love to succeed... However, the real spiritual and emotional excitement is in the doing.
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I'm obsessed with 'Homeland.' It's not even okay.
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The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think and do is important - and then get out of their way while they do it.
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Otherwise, to be a movie star, it's a lot of compromise and also a lot of headaches. You can't do what you want. You become a prisoner of your fame. This happened to me in France and I don't want it.
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Mike Bloomberg may be a Republican these days. But he has been a Democrat for most of his adult life.
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I have to be able to be honest and be credible, and I think I can say, 'This guy did not have his best game today' rather than, 'He is awful and I cannot believe he did that.'
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It sounds cheesy, but music has saved me in a lot of ways. If I had just continued acting, I don't think I would be alive.
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We need more women solving different problems, starting companies, and creating jobs to drive our economy and society forward.
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Wall Street sees a social fabric or social contract as inefficiencies, which need to be removed.
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Before you can trust your team to make decisions better than you would have, you need to build their capability to connect the dots.
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There's nothing half so real in life as the things you've done... inexorably, unalterably done.
