Michael Hansmeyer Quotes
I'm interested in designing not the object but the process that leads to the object.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm a mother of three. I don't really have the time to put very elaborate outfits together, so I keep it casual but dress it up with shoes, a bag, and jewellery.
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Every step of progress the world has made has been from scaffold to scaffold, and from stake to stake.
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I have definitely worked on that... being efficient and also being smarter with my pressure.
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It is not true that I dictate what should be done. There is a dialogue.
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Like baseball, food will never go out of style; we will always need to eat and we will always find it entertaining. I think of food TV this way - all the fun and none of the calories.
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Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there.
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Boxing, in the most general terms, is a poor man's sport. All you have is your hands to make a living.
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So long as the Zulu people are here, clearly I will still have a role to play in this country.
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I've never been someone who needs a lot of takes or enjoys a lot of takes. I like the fast thing of it.
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I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win - if you don't, you won't.
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I love '30 Rock.' It's one of my favorite shows. It's certainly the gold standard of comedy writing.
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The poverty program was not designed to eliminate poverty.
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In a city like New York, any night can be completely different, even in a subtle way.
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I think one of my first jokes - in the black community, there's people who have jokes about skin tone. People like, 'You so black, you purple.' 'You so black, you gotta smile so we can see you at night.'
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Humility is an attribute of every good Hindu.
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When my father came over here penniless with $100 sewn into his underwear, thank God some well-meaning liberal didn't come put his arm around him and say, 'Let me take care of you.'
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A writer has a difficult fate, but a Jewish writer has an especially difficult fate. His soul is torn; he lives on two streets with three languages. It is a misfortune to live on this sort of 'border,' and that is what I have experienced.
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When I got on the set of 'Saving Private Ryan,' I discovered, to my amazement, that Steven Spielberg is a gamer.
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I'm a failed musician rather than a successful writer.
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I never was interested in being part of the fashion world - I just wanted to design shoes. I didn't even know 'Vogue' existed when I was growing up. 'Vogue,' what is that?'
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I think I am more determined than ever in my future plans, and I have quite made up my mind that nothing must be suffered to interfere with them. I intend to make such arrangements in town as will secure me a couple of hours daily (with very few exceptions) for my studies.
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I think that I have sold out sometimes.
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I'm interested in designing not the object but the process that leads to the object.
