Daisy Ashford Quotes
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I found that not having a public profile was not hurting the work, and it freed me up to be the satirist I wanted to be.
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A painting probably is the most shocking increase in value, from what it costs to make to what you sell it for.
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Unsettling signs of al Qaeda's aims and skills in cyberspace have led some government experts to conclude that terrorists are at the threshold of using the Internet as a direct instrument of bloodshed.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.
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I have odd thumbs that are extremely flexible. I can bend them quite far down the back side of my hand, basically the opposite side you'd even try to attempt bending your thumb. Because of that, I'm a very good thumb wrestler.
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I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life.
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NRDC has helped bring hope spots to more of our shared ocean waters. We helped draft and pass a California law creating a network of underwater parks stretching from the Oregon border to the Mexican border.
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I was very good in all the maths and sciences.
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The less you have, the more you enjoy.
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Pigeons are gentle and smart and have complex social relationships. Their hearing and vision are both excellent.
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I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.
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There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death.
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To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
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I was living at home until about 27 and decided it was time to move out and move somewhere else, so that's what I did. I wanted it to be the right thing to do. I didn't want to buy something out of my price range; I didn't want to be stupid with my money, so I decided to stay at home. Luckily, my mum and dad were amazing.
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I think the fame aspect, there was definitely a period when I had to get used to it. My family had to get used to it, too. It's exciting.
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I myself consider myself the most powerful figure in the world.
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I love going back and forth from drama to comedy. I love switching it around and showing people that I can do both.
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We do not work for men. We work for the land and the people. We do not even work for money.
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I write pretty quickly. Write pretty fast. I was an old press service man. That was part of the necessity of that occupation.
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They shaved a little piece of bone off my small toe. You see, you balance yourself a certain way and this toe had grown under the other ones. So he cut it loose, where I could balance myself and it makes me walk straight.
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American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.
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The Offshore Wind Energy Act could be not only a jobs creator, but also a history maker.
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My own idea is that these things are as piffle before the wind.
