Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Quotes
100 years ago, buying something you could make was considered wasteful; now making something you could buy is considered wasteful. I am not convinced this is a step in the right direction.
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I started submitting stories for publication when I was about 15, but it was many years before I sold anything. I don't make my living writing science fiction, so in that sense, I'm still not a pro.
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I'm a much healthier eater and I've lost quite a bit of weight over the years.
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In Montreal, I kept thinking, 'Pay attention: this is the Olympics! It only happens once every four years!'
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I have a whole closet in my house that's dedicated just to jackets and coats, stuff that I've collected over the years.
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We are so indebted to our ancestors, musically speaking, that they have left us 400 years of music.
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It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.
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I was eight years old when I knew I wanted to be an actress. I slowly started by getting into commercials, and then I was an extra on a TV show. And then the movies happened.
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I'm an old-school, embarrassing Joni Mitchell fan. Her music made a hook in my soul and hasn't let go for all these years. I even sing her songs as lullabies to my kids.
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Couture has copied my things for years, in addition to countless other costume designers, claiming theirs were the original ideas. It's all part of the business, unfortunately.
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The last couple of years have been a write-off, though I'm beginning to feel like a person now. My energy is coming back.
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I never put on a pair of shoes until I've worn them at least five years.
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I used to sing Chaka Khan tunes in the car with my mum when I was eight years old.
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I've been using makeup since I was ten years old. I've learned a lot of do's and don'ts over the years. But one would definitely be that you should do your makeup for the occasion.
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In my 31 years in Congress, I have seen a lot of changes. We made some substantial policy changes that have improved our parks system and our public lands.
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There was a time when my parents had to sell off a plot of land so that I can buy a rifle for competitive tournaments. After that we stayed in a rented house for the next 15 years.
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The damage done to U.S. prestige by the feckless, buffoonish George W. Bush will take years to repair.
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The external Soviet empire lasted 45 years. It is shattered, beyond redemption or repair.
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Twenty years from now if there is some obscure Trivial Pursuit question, I am confident I will be the answer.
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For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.
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I think Baltimore suffers from nostalgia and it keeps us from being honest in talking about what really happened here. A place doesn't have to be perfect to be beloved, and I love this city and I love it better for seeing its flaws.
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I want to work with directors who can tell intimate stories in a way that feels universal and with a big enough scope and depth to travel outside of Iceland.
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Any customer that walks away, disrespected and defeated, represents tens of thousands of dollars out the door, in addition to the failure of a promise the brand made in the first place. You can't see it but it's happening, daily.
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100 years ago, buying something you could make was considered wasteful; now making something you could buy is considered wasteful. I am not convinced this is a step in the right direction.
