Maira Kalman Quotes
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Violin playing is a physical art with great traditions behind it.
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I'm not even sure I have a style! All I know for sure is I don't want to look like everyone else.
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I remember the moon landings, and Apollo was the paradigm by which all progress was measured at that time. And I knew that creating a true space-faring civilization was both possible and practical. What I failed to realize was that the effort would fail due to bureaucratic inertia and political apathy.
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Los Angeles is a city known as much for it's sun as for its stars and it's dirty air.
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Doing voice-over work is something that I love to do, and it is a lot of fun at the same time.
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Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and he will be indifferent, or even actively resentful.
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What clients are really interested in is honesty, plus a baseline of competence.
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Even if you didn't lose your job, if you're one of the two-thirds of Ontarians who don't have a pension, you lost savings. Even if you've earned most of that back now, you are a changed person. You are less secure, less confident. And I understand that.
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Growing up as a kid my father was British and a soccer player. His idol was a guy that passed the ball a lot, Stanley Matthews. Our family thought if you could be unselfish your teammates would always like you.
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If you're a good choice maker, you can choose the best emotional responses and choose the best new life paths, forward and upward.
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In terms of Hurricane Sandy, I really do see some hopeful grassroots responses, particularly in the Rockaways, where people were very organized right from the beginning, where Occupy Sandy was very strong, where new networks emerged.
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For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.
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If you look at the very best presidents, the most effective presidents, they were always decent salespeople. Ronald Reagan was an extremely effective salesman, very tuned to the people he was selling to, very clear in what he was selling, very resilient and buoyant.
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There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used.
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Free imagination is the inestimable prerogative of youth and it must be cherished and guarded as a treasure.
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Being married to a psychologist, I realize that I learn more from imperfections.
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Home is where one starts from.
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I don't think paper will go away. I do believe that the value of paper will change, and Xerox is working on changing that value. Consider a color page. Actual life is in color, but you keep reproducing it in black and white. You remove value. It's a bad thing to do.
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During my teenage years as an Islamist recruiter, I moved to live in self-contained communities in the London boroughs of Newham and Tower Hamlets.
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No matter who we are or where we live, we all share a basic concern for the safety and well-being of our young people. Their welfare is the most telling measure of our nation's success - and their potential is the most promising element of its future. It is up to us - all of us - to safeguard that future.
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In a broader sense, the rhythms of nature, large and small - the sounds of wind and water, the sounds of birds and insects - must inevitably find their analogues in music.
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Over the years, I've learned that a sense of humor is the only skill that allows you to turn sucking at life into a career.
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I am not anti-Bush. I am not pro-Iraq. I am pro-peace. I have written a song and created a video which expresses my feelings about our culture and values and illusions of what many people believe is the American dream - the perfect life. Madonna Quotes.
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My short attention span has allowed me a life of diversity in work and place.
