Vladimir Nabokov Quotes
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My daughter is my passion and my life.
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I do always have a wall up. But I feel by doing it, I keep myself safe.
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There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says, 'Don't worry - everything will be just fine,' and that allows one to just lay back and do nothing about the problems around you. Then there's what we call dynamic optimism. That's an optimism based on action.
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Since I started playing at the Olympics in 2000, I have always wanted to do a dress based on Wonder Woman. It should be interesting to wear. And hopefully, it will get me a gold medal.
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I'm someone who wears their heart on their sleeve.
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I am big believer that increase the size of the cake is as at least as important as distribution of the cake. To increase the size of the cake, you need to focus on progress.
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People don't believe in me very much, but I have my teammates and my family that believe in me so much; they see how hard I work.
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It was a movement that had all the art critics, all the museum directors in its thrall.
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I've always been extremely physically active.
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The world is not black and white; there are lots of shades of grey. There are good things and bad things in every era, and I think it's kind of very blindfolded to say one era was wonderful, as it was wonderful, but there were a lot of bad things as well.
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Another example of that was that even during the economic problems of the 1945 government, we managed to carry out other aspects of our policy and other ideals. Through the establishment of national parks, for instance.
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By a lie, a man... annihilates his dignity as a man.
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I like cinema. I am very fond of it. But from time to time I feel like having some time on my own.
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Happiness is knowing and appreciating what you've got. I am very, very, very grateful for what, to me, is dead easy.
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My dad was vehemently opposed to electric guitars. He did not look on that kind of music as legitimate in any way.
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While I have never been more excited about SecondMarket, I have chosen to move on from day-to-day management of the private company/fund business so that I can focus 100% of my energy on our digital currency business.
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What's most important in animation is the emotions and the ideas being portrayed. I'm a great believer of energy and emotion.
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Whether it's just walking down the street to try to go to a movie, go to dinner, something like that, there are always a few people that recognize you.
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Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.
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Never take ecstasy, beer, baccardi, weed, pepto bismol, vivarin, tums, tagamet hb, xanax, and valium in the same day. It makes it difficult to sleep at night.
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I can't imagine a duller fate than being the best-dressed woman in reality. When I want to do something, I don't pause to contemplate whether I'm exquisitely gowned. I want to live, not pose!
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A mathematical proof is beautiful, but when you're finished, it's really only about one thing. A story can be about many things.
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I think I could argue that the press has more impact on politics than corporations.
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