Charles D'Ambrosio (Charles Anthony D'Ambrosio, Jr) Quotes
I like the desperado aspect of essays, the free lance, that mercenary kind of thing, so I just do it, without asking anyone's permission. I've never written a query letter, I don't pitch pieces, I have no market in mind, I don't spend any time trying to figure out where I might fit in.
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NATO remains the cornerstone of Atlantic security.
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Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them.
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Here in France, I've seen some very good young designers, but they don't have this ability to be good businessmen, too. I think America gives you this.
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We are not the same India that the world saw in the 1970s and '80s. Hence, we have a responsibility to live up to the pedestal on which we have been put.
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I was deep in the zone of practicing almost constantly.
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I feel like God gave me the ability to play a game. I try to take it very seriously. I realize it's just a game.
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Even if I'm making music for people for $20 a night, at least I'm making music.
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I'm going to go to school. It doesn't matter what the outcome is as long as I did it. I can say I did it.
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They say women and music should never be dated.
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Adventuring can be for the ordinary person with ordinary qualities, such as I regard myself.
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The problem is that the economy isn't growing fast enough to accommodate the level of spending produced through the democratic process.
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Movies are my religion and God is my patron. I'm lucky enough to be in the position where I don't make movies to pay for my pool. When I make a movie, I want it to be everything to me; like I would die for it.
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I like pastels and lighter shades on darker skins. I feel like it lifts everything and accentuates being chocolate.
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It's interesting: I've been doing this since I was 17, and it's kind of weird to see yourself grow up on television.
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We are looking to brands for poetry and for spirituality, because we're not getting those things from our communities or from each other.
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I don't claim to be a great vocalist, but I know how to work my voice with its limitations. My talent is I know how to work what I have. It might not always be a picture-perfect performance, but what we look for is the emotion.
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Hong Kong has plenty of superlative hotels, amazing food, and cool shopping.
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Our mission on Apollo 14 was to be the first to do science on the moon, so we had to be careful about getting everything in during the allotted time.
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The problem is, we're moving to software-as-service, which can be yanked or transformed at any moment. The ability of your PC to run independent code is an important safety valve.
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If you want to score a goal, you have to hit the target.
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I forget who it was that recommended men for their soul’s good to do each day two things they disliked: it was a wise man, and it is a precept that I have followed scrupulously; for every day I have got up and I have gone to bed.
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I was fortunate enough to work under directors who were, most of them, brilliant, emotional men.
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In some respects this is intended to be a revolutionary book, but in other respects it is very traditional indeed. It is revolutionary in that we have developed a comprehensive analytical framework to examine and explain the rise of the Western world; a framework consistent with and complementary to standard neoclassical economic theory.
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I like the desperado aspect of essays, the free lance, that mercenary kind of thing, so I just do it, without asking anyone's permission. I've never written a query letter, I don't pitch pieces, I have no market in mind, I don't spend any time trying to figure out where I might fit in.
