Audrey Niffenegger Quotes
Don't you think it's better to be extremely happy for a short while, even if you lose it, than to be just okay for your whole life?
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In the experience of art, time seems not to exist.
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Most of the time, as a model, I feel like I'm just a doll. They control how I should move.
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I believe in the 'Wal-Mart' school of business. The less people pay, the more they enjoy it.
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I will say I am the sum of my books.
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A lot of the time, you see something really beautiful, but if you don't have the perfect figure and are a really small size, it won't work well for you.
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Our plans for 'Superman?' I can't say. This is the most super secret thing ever. It's like working for the government, like I'm on a covert mission.
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The Moon and Mars were the two most likely candidates for life in the solar system; what exists beyond our solar system is mere guesswork.
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I have no idea why a guy would bring a jar of peanut butter to a concert.
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It is guaranteed to put all teeth on edge, including George Washington's, wherever they might be.
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In the beginning, I wrote OK songs, but they didn't have a unique perspective.
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Acting is a really strange thing to do; it's very strange.
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What counts is not what sounds plausible, not what we would like to believe, not what one or two witnesses claim, but only what is supported by hard evidence rigorously and skeptically examined. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
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Investing in people is the single most important thing in the knowledge economy. Traditionally, wealth was defined by land and natural resources. Today the most important resources is between our ears.
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It is often better for a person to recognize a sin than to do a good deed. Recognizing a sin makes a person humble. Doing a good deed often can feed a person’s pride.
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There are simply two kinds of music, good music and the other kind ... the only yardstick by which the result should be judged is simply that of how it sounds. If it sounds good it's successful; if it doesn't it has failed.
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I was aware that the loosening of mortgage credit terms for subprime borrowers increased financial risk. But I believed then, as now, that the benefits of broadened home ownership are worth the risk.
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'Blood sweat and tears homie I'm made of it'
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If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera.
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I can't selfishly take journeys anymore because I have to take a little boy along with me.
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The way things have gone in my life, sure, I could have been a bitter person. But I just find bitter people really un-fun, you know? And who wants to be that person?
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Life was a damned muddle - a football game with everyone offside and the referee gotten rid of - everyone claiming the referee would have been on his side.
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Boulder was not the small town I had expected. It is a vivacious community of sophisticated people, who have the same aspirations and expectations you find in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
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Don't you think it's better to be extremely happy for a short while, even if you lose it, than to be just okay for your whole life?
