William Steig Quotes
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It's funny how it usually works out that I end up dying. It sort of works out, because by the time I die, I'm usually tired of working on that particular movie, so I look forward to it.
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If you don't feel good in it, don't wear it. Because it'll never look good. Any hesitation in the fitting room and just walk away.
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Sergio Leone was a big influence on me because of the spaghetti westerns.
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What we do every night is we change out the set list as much as we can to make sure that (fans can) go home and tell their friends they experienced something unique and cool.
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The Internet is uncontrollable. And if the Internet is uncontrollable, freedom will win. It’s as simple as that.
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I knew I wanted to be an actress as soon as I popped out.
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The game doesn't change.
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I hate ready-made suits, button-down collars, and sports shirts.
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When you have children, you realize that at the end, it's all about passing on, about handing down.
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For they the mind of Christ discernWho lean, like John, upon His breast.
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It tossed and tossed,- A little brig I knew,- O’ertook by blast, It spun and spun, And groped delirious, for morn.It slipped and slipped, As one that drunken stepped; Its white foot tripped, Then dropped from sight.Ah, brig, good-night To crew and you; The ocean’s heart too smooth, too blue, To break for you.
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If I'm going to dress up, I like things that are quite long and classic. I like feeling dressed up and like a lady.
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And deep in my heart. The answer, it was in me. And I made up my mind. To define my own destiny
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Having worked in the planning field for over 18 years, I think I would be an asset during the upcoming master plan update.
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I have known some quite good people who were unhappy, but never an interested person who was unhappy.
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The highest summit of spiritual perfection is knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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While I'm singing complete gibberish to my son when he's in his crib, I'll occasionally think, 'This song I'm making up is actually pretty good.'
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Is there anything more self-defeating than using technology to free up your time - so that you can learn how to do an even better job at it?
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My daughter is my greatest inspiration.
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On my 70th birthday, I was asked how I felt about mankind's prospects. This is my reply: We are behaving like yeasts in a brewer's vat, multiplying mindlessly while greedily consuming the substance of a finite world. If we continue to imitate the yeasts, we will perish as they perish, having exhausted our resources and poisoned ourselves in the lethal brew of our own wastes. Unlike the yeasts, we have a choice. What will it be?
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We'd go through the whole story again, ... but when we got to that part, he kept saying, 'I don't remember.'
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How deeply one felt when alone.
