Nina Shaw Quotes
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Our life ripples out, and it has influence. That's why it's important that we're at our best and that we're influencing others for the good.
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Curves are the essence of my work because they are the essence of Brazil, pure and simple.
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It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God.
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Everything with me is pretty close to the surface, but having kids has completely ruined my emotional equilibrium.
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I consider myself a writer who happens to write about history, rather than a historian. I was an English major in college. What I've learned about history is in the field, so to speak. Going into the archives and working with it directly.
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I was a little adult for my age as a teenager, and I didn't feel like I socially fit in with my peers.
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Matt Weiner is very perceptive; there's something about the rhythms and the way people speak that is very authentic to the actor. But there are qualities that are dissimilar. The characters on 'Mad Men' are struggling with pretty profound unhappiness, but I can tell you this is a happy bunch.
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The truth is that technology is only valuable if it helps you run your organization better.
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I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.
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There's a lot of risk in putting what you suspect you really are into your music.
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I feel like I should be more in touch with the nuances of this game.
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My impression of Americans from the beginning is of the best, and I have never since had cause to alter my mind. They are a kind, sympathetic race of people and naturally proud of their country.
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You know when you find a great dress, you've gotta hold on to it.
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I used to work at a punk venue in Pennsylvania because I wanted to be near music.
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All my writing, I always do it in the studio, 'cause everything sounds good. The piano's there, the keyboards; if you want to put strings on something... And everything sounds good when it's in the cans; it sounds killer.
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Getting your screenplay right is the most important thing you'll ever do on your film.
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I will only miss school for an engagement if it is going to bring real change.
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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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They call me The Tinkerman. Wherever I go people say 'Ah ha, there is The Tinkerman.'
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When I get up in the morning I brush my teeth and go about my business, and if I am going anywhere interesting I take my camera along.
Elliott Erwitt -
Whenever you do a new interpretation of a great, previous text of any kind, you always look for some kind of immediate significance right now.
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I don't love the off-court stuff. But I know it's necessary.
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If you want to be a woman in power, then empower other women.
