Dan Webster Quotes
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People adored Element 13's color and luster, which reminded them of the sparkle of gold and silver - a brand-new precious metal. In fact, aluminum became more precious than gold and silver in the 19th century because it was harder to obtain.
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In many countries, they do not even keep track of how girls are doing in school, or if they are there at all. If we say, 'Girls count,' then we must count girls, so we can see if we are really making progress in educating every girl.
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There's a lot about the character. It doesn't always happen, but there are some characters you really create a relationship with, almost as if they were your friend. And you never get into their heads again or think like them.
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Twitter is an amazing thing; it brings footballers closer to the fans because so many of them are on there. I was cynical about it to begin with, but I have been converted.
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If it's a good song, it's a good song. I'll take it.
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As an entrepreneur, you only fail when you give up.
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Writing is not like acting, where you can pull these little stunts that create a particular effect. Words are all it is about, and the way you use words has to be individual and particular to you.
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Industrialization starts with the formation of capital - it does not matter how. It can be created by saving, by the state enforcing its will on the people, by the very rich themselves.
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I am very much against makeup and high heels and all that we inherit as 'beauty.'
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We are known as one of the few truly antifascist families in Munich.
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This is a learning in the business life that first of all you need to have commitment, dedication and passion for what you are doing.
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The media doesn't create narratives, really. They're not that powerful. What they do is they tap into narratives that are already bubbling amongst their viewership or readership.
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I'd like to give people leaden boots in galleries, so they'd be a bit slower in front of my paintings. And that's because I spend so much time looking at them. I can look at them a long, long time without getting bored. I disappear.
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Quiet is the new loud.
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I dislike when people try to pigeonhole me, when all I want is to do good work.
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It's aggravating that Hollywood has never gotten credit for the role it played in promoting modern design.
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A belief may be larger than a fact.
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I think one reason my books have found mainstream success is that they're written from a skeptical point of view.
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I spent most of my time as an actor in television, so directors in television - it's such a machine that's already in place that I don't think you notice the direction as much on the set.
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It's only because I feel like such a philistine spending all that time in hair and makeup that I started to knit. I used to spend that time studying Italian and French. Then after I had two kids, my brain turned to mush and I took up knitting.
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And our wise Father in heaven knows when we're going to need things too. Don't run out ahead of Him.
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But to ask pity of our body is like discoursing in front of an octopus, for which our words can have no more meaning than the sound of the tides, and with which we should be appalled to find ourselves condemned to live.
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All we actually have is our body and its muscles that allow us to be under our own power.
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I'm the only person that has ever run a principle-based legislative body.
