Walter Isaacson Quotes
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No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.
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Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary's eyes, and Mary was blind.
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There are roles out there and women out there that are fascinating to me, and there are things in our culture that I see that I want to express. It's my passion to express that.
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I make mistakes on a very grand scale.
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I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures.
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Newt Gingrich seldom misses a chance to note that he is a historian.
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I envy those who can wear red lipstick or any bold lip colour, really. My top lip just doesn't seem to take colour - there's nothing I can do to change that, so I usually just use a nude on the bottom lip.
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I think people live in the past and tend to look that way, because they drop off when they're happiest and most successful.
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Each person feels that he is an 'expert' in one or two fields and just the 'public' in all the others. But you know, probably, from experience that no one is really able to appreciate any display of ability in any field if he himself has not, to a certain degree, taken part in its problems and difficulties at some time.
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My boys asked me to write beautiful letters for their ex-girls so they could get them back. I thought, 'I should be writing songs for myself.'
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I'm no angel, but I'm no monster, either.
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I was not emotionally mature enough to accept any kind of success when I was young. I needed to go that long route.
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In Hinduism, Shiva is a deity who represents transformation. Through destruction and restoration, Shiva reminds us that endings are beginnings, and that our world is constantly undergoing a cycle of birth, death and rebirth.
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I have a terrifying long list of fears. Literally everything - diseases, spiders... and people getting tired of me.
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I was born and grew up in Fitzgerald, way down in south Georgia. It was a mill town and my family ran the cotton mill. My grandfather was mayor many times and my family felt deeply rooted to that spot.
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Back in the '70s - I remember the '70s: we were told there was global cooling. And everyone was told global cooling was a really big problem. And then that faded.
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I always felt a little worm inside me: 'Now you need to write a novel with a woman protagonist.'
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I think often the West does not understand the history and the privilege of wearing a hijab. They always think of oppression.
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That's always the way in this world. The chappies you'd like to lend money to won't let you, whereas the chappies you don't want to lend it to will do everything except actually stand you on your head and lift the specie out of your pockets.
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Humor is the harmony of the heart.
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I am an unpredictable journey.
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You could probably go three or four months without the word 'God' coming from my dad's mouth; Mum would pray for a parking space.
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I have a strong emotional respect for Steve.
