Fanny Mendelssohn Quotes
It must be a sign of talent that I do not give up, though I can get nobody to take an interest in my efforts.
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Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.
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There was just a lot of comedy on the TV in the house, and my parents are both very funny.
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The beauty of kids is they don't care who you are, which is why people like the Obamas like them so much - they treat them like normal people.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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Now I am not against widgets, those small third-party applications that people can put on their Web pages on social networks like Facebook and MySpace, in general.
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Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.
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I asked my parents for permission to study in America and they were so sure that I wouldn't get in and get a scholarship that they encouraged me to try. So I applied to Yale and got an excellent scholarship. I then worked for the Boston Consulting Group for six and half years.
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The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun.
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I like '50s and '60s American art. I have 85 or 90 Warhols.
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Most big popcorn movies are 'bad guy does something to good guy, good guy gets revenge on bad guy, sets the world right, and moves on.' And 'Ender's Game' is just not that simple, so it's an exciting challenge. It's a little terrifying, and let's see how audiences respond.
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On the contrary, I'm a strong believer in the necessity of imperfection coming into the film.
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Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment.
Garry Kasparov
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There is a need for the European Union to use all potential we have on defense cooperation.
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I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
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If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.
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Emancipation came to the colored race in America as a war measure. It was an act of military necessity. Manifestly it would have come without war, in the slower process of humanitarian reform and social enlightenment.
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I try and groom myself, be it through fitness or dance.
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I was an umpire at little league softball games. I only lasted a few games because I wasn't one hundred percent clear on all the rules.
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When I was in primary school, I was given a five-line script in 'Anansi the Spider Man,' and I decided to just improv and make it my own. For a second, I felt like Kevin Hart because everyone was laughing. I just continued to do it. Why not?
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It's funny how people are pickin' up on our music now, you know? I think it's wonderful that people like our music.
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When we talk about Techstars, we think of it as this worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed.
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To criticize Facebook is to criticize the telephone.
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They say, he must had an angel, cuss look how death missed his ass. Unbreakable, what you thought they'd call me Mr. Glass?
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It must be a sign of talent that I do not give up, though I can get nobody to take an interest in my efforts.
