Nicholas Eberstadt Quotes
The fact that so many are willing to accept need-based aid signals a fundamental change in the American character.
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I am tired of women playing action heroes like men, because they are not men. But sometimes they are written like men.
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Beauty pageants work as a platform from where you can reach out to many.
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Freud was a hero. He descended to the Underworld and met there stark terrors. He carried with him his theory as a Medusa's head which turned these terrors to stone.
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Of all Iraq's rocket scientists, none drew warier scrutiny abroad than Modher Sadeq-Saba Tamimi.
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Young people really want you to give them a road map, and they will follow it to a tee. If you tell them, 'These are the eight steps you have to take to be successful,' they will do all eight very earnestly.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.
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Don't be afraid to convince yourself that your business is incredible, but don't expect others to be convinced without solid data to back it up. Ideas can be a worth a lot, but they are usually not. Execution is everything.
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I love to design and remodel houses, from working with the contractors to picking the colours, materials, kitchen and bathroom accessories to finally what furniture goes where.
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Workplaces still operate like it's 1962 and one person is always at home, and they are not very good at adjusting for the fact that a majority of women work and take care of children.
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I was impressed by the Taj Mahal. A good bit of work, well looked after, worth paying money to see.
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My style is boho chic. I love that time period - the patterns, the prints, the people, the music, the vibe.
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'Great Expectations' has become one of my favorite books.
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It made the most sense for us to select Sam Bowie. It was almost a no-brainer.
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'Groundhog Day' was one of the greatest comedies ever made.
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I think some people are on a mission to die, and I never was.
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When we need somebody haunted we investigate … When we investigate we do so noisily always.
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I was the suburban kid of Scottish parents, and the idea of an acting career was so beyond my experience. I didn't even know there were drama schools until a friend told me.
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Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess.
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I've always wanted to make movies that are fever dreams.
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Mickey Rourke's character in 'The Wrestler' - that was my dad, that was my uncles, that was so many members of my family. It was the only thing they knew. And then they would end up wrestling for a hundred bucks, go to autograph signings for two hundred bucks.
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One of the reasons Batman works as a character is that it's not beyond possibility that he could exist - you could become Batman if you had a billion dollars at your disposal. There's nothing paranormal or superhuman or supernatural about that character. And I think his villains work the same way. You could be one of his villains just as easily.
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The fact that so many are willing to accept need-based aid signals a fundamental change in the American character.
