Salvador Dali Quotes
You have to systematically create confusion, it sets creativity free. Everything that is contradictory creates life.
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I got a New York designer to build my dream store here, which is a little bit of Florence in New York. It's like the Duomo on Madison. I got inspired by Santa Maria Novella and all the Renaissance architecture.
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Tackling affordable housing via land use planning won't necessarily solve the problem.
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I will say this: I think 'Big Brother' is the biggest snooze known to mankind.
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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In 1255, Louis IX of France presented an elephant to Henry III of England to add to the menagerie of exotic animals he kept in the Tower of London.
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Luckily, I was raised by people who'd already seen all the yuck stuff, which is why they originally didn't want me to act. I understood the difference between getting a part at a Hollywood party and getting a job.
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I learned that when you stand up for what you believe in, you'll get a lot of support. But there are always going to be negative things said about you.
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Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
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I liked English and art and did a lot of painting. And for some reason I was good at math, but I wasn't an A student. I really had to work hard to get good grades.
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I approve of anyone wearing what the establishment says you must not wear.
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When I watch a movie for the first few times I'm usually thinking about where I was in a given scene, who was next to me, what we were doing etc. But after I've gotten through all of this, when I'm really watching the film itself, then I get moved.
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A new era of responsibility is here.
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I have spent much of my life where the boys are, first as a tomboy and then on Wall Street. Growing up, I loved every and any sport. I was frustrated by girls who didn't, so I spent most of my afternoons with the boys.
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Choosing a spouse with religion in mind is not always a mistake, especially if your heritage and your faith are important parts of who you are. The trick is, as always, to recognize a good thing when you see it - and never mistake the bad for something more.
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I don't want to argue with my wife about her car - or my driving.
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I think Gore does have to worry. He is tied to Bill Clinton. We know that there were telephone calls that he made from his office. We know that there were visits to the Buddhist temple.
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I would never take my children and place them next to missile launchers.
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What we call a poem is mostly what is not there on the page. The strength of any poem is the poems that it has managed to exclude.
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Movies make teenagers have quippy answers for every question. Nothing seems to faze them, and they're like, 'Oh, whatever.' You're not like that when you're a teenager. You're really earnest. Things really feel like life or death. And you kind of oscillate between emotions at one time. It's very emotionally draining being a teenager.
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Al Gore has dedicated his life to detail. George W. Bush has not. He's the first to admit it.
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People are usually made Dames for virtues I do not possess.
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You have to systematically create confusion, it sets creativity free. Everything that is contradictory creates life.
