Witold Gombrowicz Quotes
A universal style is one that knows how to embrace lovingly those not quite developed.
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One of the things we urge Y-Combinator companies to do is to have profitability in grasp. If you need to get profitable before your A round of money, you ought to be able to do that.
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Fame has become this obsession for people, which kind of creeps me out.
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If your mom is still around, you're so lucky.
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A busybody's work is never done.
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Psychoanalysis is out, under a therapeutic disguise, to do away entirely with the moral faculty in man.
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In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable pursuit, and acquires a name by some illustrious action, or useful art.
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I write and rewrite and rewrite and write and like to turn in what I think is finished work.
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The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a free government.
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I never did feel any pressure in Jamaica. You just someone, not nobody big.
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I just think that - when a country needs more income and we do, we're only taking in 15 percent of GDP, I mean, that - that - when a country needs more income, they should get it from the people that have it.
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People get tired of you. So they decided to throw me out. And so help me God, as the numbers were coming in, I said to myself, 'I'm free at last.'
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In memoir, you have to be particularly careful not to alienate the reader by making the material seem too lived-in. It mustn't have too much of the smell of yourself, otherwise the reader will be unable to make it her own.
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If I ever own a restaurant, I will never allow the waiters to ask if the diners like their dishes. Particularly when they're talking.
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Dance is something which I like to do, but acting is my passion. I would like to do good and meaty roles.
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I wash my face day and night. I actually really love Dr. Lancer face wash, and I also love Neutrogena.
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There are a lot of studies about small businesses and how they make a difference in their community and create a lot of jobs and values. So we need to focus on small businesses or entrepreneurs who want to start manufacturing or making things.
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We gazed dreamily at the Milky Way and once in a while caught some shooting stars. Times like those gave me the opportunity to wonder and ask all those very basic questions. That sense of awe for the heavens started there.
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I hope America can also be the cultural leader of the world, and use this frontier spirit to lead and show others that we need courage to go places where we have not gone before.
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Parents tend to value their lives more highly than people without kids, but they're different in lots of ways: They're richer. They're better educated. They're healthier.
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There is no need to pose for anything - you just walk straight and strong and be clear. We are all born with unique characteristics and we have to stick to that. Yes, use the tools to enhance it, but we shouldn't be hiding behind them. That's what style is about.
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My style is not that big. I wear heels, tight pants, and I wear diamonds.
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I'm so happy to have done this, and now I can say I ran the New York City Marathon.
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A universal style is one that knows how to embrace lovingly those not quite developed.
