M. E. W. Sherwood Quotes

The American is said to become full-flavored, and in time a most all-round man, through the polish which Europe can impart.

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• I never believed that U2 wanted to save the whales. I don't believe that The Beastie Boys are ready to lay it down for Tibet.

  

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• Tell me how a person judges his or her self-esteem, and I will tell you how that person operates at work, in love, in sex, in parenting, in every important aspect of existence - and how high he or she is likely to rise. The reputation you have with yourself - your self-esteem - is the single most important factor for a fulfilling life.

  

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• I've never rejected the world I came from. To be rejected by it is horrible.

  

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• Russia is an amazing country to be an entrepreneur.

  

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• If you're losing, just be a man; be a man and lose as a man.

  

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• I'll admit it: I'm a control freak. I am. If I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it 110% or there's no point in doing it at all, especially if the work takes me away from time with my husband and children.

  

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• I do this thing with my daughter - I put my hand on her face and shake her head, but really affectionately. But I didn't think, and I did that to Flea.

  

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• Looking beautiful isn't just about what you apply on your face. It's the little things you do that matter. A combination of a good diet, exercise, healthy habits, discipline, dancing etc. is what my beauty routine consists of. Also, I have no bad habits; I don't drink or smoke. All these contribute to me being fit and looking good.

  

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• If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.

  

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• If you're a psychologist, you can instrumentally change peoples lives for the better. But you can only do that for about 300 people to maybe a thousand people - if you're really prolific and you're working really hard.

  

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• If you haven't understood the world you're living in, it's impossible to think that the solution you're coming up with fits.

  

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• Information on the Internet must be as free as in the newspapers.

  

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• It is not from choice that my life is music and nothing more, but when one is an artist what else can he be? When a whole lifetime is too short to attain the heights he wants to reach, how then can he devote any of the little time he has to things outside of his art?

  

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• The American is said to become full-flavored, and in time a most all-round man, through the polish which Europe can impart.

  

  M. E. W. Sherwood
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