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?
Quotes to Explore
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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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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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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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The secession of the Southern States, individually or in the aggregate, was the certain consequence of Mr. Lincoln's election.
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I can get my head turned by a good-looking guy as much as the next girl. But sexy doesn't impress me. Smart impresses me, strength of character impresses me. But most of all, I am impressed by kindness. Kindness, I think, comes from learning hard lessons well, from falling and picking yourself up. It comes from surviving failure and loss. It implies an understanding of the human condition, forgives its many flaws and quirks. When I see that in someone, it fills me with admiration.
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I think innocence is something that adults project upon children that's not really there.
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My husband is leaving me. No dramas, no slammed doors - well, OK, a few slammed doors - and no suitcase in the hall, but there is another woman involved. Her name is Dementia.
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I never thought I'd be able to go back to Ukraine.
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If I'm staying in a hotel or I'm sleeping on my own I have the hairdryer on.
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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?
