Niels Diffrient Quotes
My ideal office wouldn't have a chair. You would do two things there: stand up or lie down. These are the body's most natural positions.
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I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.
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We're here for a little, little bit of time, and I just wanna make the most out of it.
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We ignore our feelings a lot, I realize. Many of us have to... until they really bite us in the butt.
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He's really sort of the devil. He's completely emotionally detached. He has no empathy. You find that in psychopaths. It's about power with Voldemort. It's an aphrodisiac for him. Power makes him feel alive.
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You're never going to hear me say, 'Well, I've been critical of Obama five times, so now I need to be critical of McCain five times.' That is a false equivalence, and that's what I think is wrong with journalism.
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I don't have time to be depressed.
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When I was designing Mrs. Obama's dress, half of me was saying, 'What would Halston do?' The other half was saying, 'Be who you are.' Halston, me, America, India - it's been such a great combination. This is what makes me who I am, with the clean lines I learned from Halston and complicated Indian over-the-top Bollywood traditions.
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I love meeting fans. They're always fun, they always have good things to say, smart questions to ask, and plenty of ideas for me to explore in the future.
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I was a gymnast for many years before I was a dancer, so it comes in pretty handy when we do stunts.
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You're always going to be more judgmental about your own performance than anyone else.
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When I first got an outbreak of hives, I tried everything to find relief. I felt like no one understood what I was going through.
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I guess I can be surprised I'm alive. I'm taking a little better care of myself than when I was a young person. My father died when he was 63. My mother made it to 74. My grandparents, God, they were dropping like flies.
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If that took place, we understand the penalties. We understand somebody being taken out of the game. Sean is so valuable to us. I had a long talk with him afterward, and he understands that. He's all football. He wants to play. He's one of our leaders. He's had an outstanding year. He's very valuable to us. We can't afford to lose somebody like that.
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I do not wish to die- There is such contingent beauty in life: The open window on summer mornings Looking out on gardens and green things growing, The shadowy cups of roses flowering to themselves- Images of time and eternity- Silence in the garden and felt along the walls.
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Right around my first year of college - I remember "Song of Solomon," by Toni Morrison, just moved me tremendously. The power of language and how it can peel back truths, bring things to the surface. So I learned a lot from fiction.
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Fires have broken out everywhere, ... We just have to watch them. Our trucks can't reach them.
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This is what our customers are asking for to take them to the next level and free them from the bondage of mainframe and client-server software.
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You can lie to your wife or your boss, but you cannot lie to your typewriter. Sooner or later you must reveal your true self in your pages.
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I've got a great relationship with my dad, but I can imagine how annoying it would be if I had to move back into his house.
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I have very high standards for every part of life - my work, my relationships, food, love. I can't just pretend.
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When you hire great actors, you're lucky, so you just try to create an atmosphere where they can succeed and relax and take risks. You're happy that you get to watch them at the monitor and that your name is on the director's chair.
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Most married couples spend the whole day apart, the woman in the house, the man in the office or study or workshop.
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My ideal office wouldn't have a chair. You would do two things there: stand up or lie down. These are the body's most natural positions.
