Austin Scarlett Quotes
Living in New York, I get inspired by what young women are wearing – everything from high fashion to street fashion.
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I write better in Cape Breton... too many people around in Ontario. Down there I meet all sorts of non-human people, but they don't bother me, and I don't feel I have to apologize on behalf of my species quite so often.
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The success of 'The Shadow of the Wind' made me very happy, but it did not change my perspective or the way I was.
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Bitcoin is both disruptive from a technology perspective, but there's a tremendous power of social good behind it. So you can both build a cool business or have a great investment return, and there's the promise of potentially improving the remittance industry or banking the unbanked.
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English people are famous for never speaking out but only saying what they really feel about you behind your back. Americans believe the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. I like exploring those, er, differences in national snippiness.
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I've never been someone who needs a lot of takes or enjoys a lot of takes. I like the fast thing of it.
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I'd never written a novel before, and I wrote a novel, and that turned out OK.
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We are known as one of the few truly antifascist families in Munich.
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Few things are more important to our country's future than recruiting and keeping great teachers in our schools.
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I probably have traveled and walked into more variety stores than anybody in America.
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I'm like an old vampire, so it's important to talk to young people.
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I worry about everything in the world, and it's just too much for anybody to think about, so I have my art as my consolation.
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In my 20s I was going round seeing agents who were patronising because I was fat and a girl, which was a double whammy. I knew what it was to feel out-of-the-loop.
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Whenever you're going through a tough time, generally, you become more compassionate, you become softer, you become more thoughtful, kinder. These are all spiritual qualities that will help you to align yourself with God and God consciousness rather than with a split fear-based consciousness.
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The kids never listen to you, especially the youngest ones.
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Language is fun; it's fun to try.
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We are a party of innovation. We do not reject our traditions, but we are willing to adapt to changing circumstances, when change we must. We are willing to suffer the discomfort of change in order to achieve a better future.
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Over the years, Western governments have been criticized for working with foreign police who have proved abusive or corrupt.
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Being first lady is a full-time job. Betty Ford worked full time and should have received a salary. Michelle Obama works full time and should be paid.
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One thing I learn - I've been in practice now for half a century or more, and the most important ingredient for an architect to do a good building is to have a good client. I think a client counts for as much as fifty per cent.
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Some fine men are in Congress, too few, trying to do a responsible job. But they are surrounded and almost neutralized by a greater number whose instinct is to make a deal before they make a decision.
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Leo Hurwicz is the father of mechanism design theory and has inspired much of my work, and Roger Myerson is an old friend and collaborator and a tremendous economist.
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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
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Surely there's a deeper pursuit to music than getting bros to pump their fists in the air.
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Living in New York, I get inspired by what young women are wearing – everything from high fashion to street fashion.
