Wolfgang Langewiesche Quotes
Sometimes I watch myself fly. For in the history of human flight it is not yet so very late; and a man may still wonder once in a while and ask: how is it that I, poor earth-habitituated animal, can fly?
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People have their own opinions but sometimes with the media things get chopped up and cut around to make stories out of it.
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I'm obviously really opinionated, but as a producer, you don't necessarily want the person you're working with to try to impress you - you want them to just be themselves. Then you can edit or mess around with what they've come up with. But you have to allow the artist that space.
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I can relax in L.A. I think I'm the only person in that town who doesn't want to act. I was an OK singer. I was an OK dancer. But acting? Never could do it.
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I can't tell you how many things I've worked on where I sat on it for a few years, and then somebody else did something very similar. Whether it's some weird vocal effect you hear on another record, or a drum beat, or even a song title, a subject matter, or a mixture of different kinds of music.
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Factoring in millions of people when I'm writing a song is not a good idea. I don't ever do it.
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I did some good things as a rookie.
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How do we get more politicians to move from 'fixing' the system to reforming the system? The obvious answer is to either improve the quality of public services or reduce the public's dependence on them. Both approaches are necessary.
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If your reader has been given a rousing opening, he will usually then sit still for at least some exposition. But be sure to follow that chunk of telling with one or more dramatized scenes. That's much more effective than being given section after section of telling.
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We are not coaching on a daily basis because we often travel with our charity and commercial interests.
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I have a driver's licence, but the truth is that I hardly ever drive. I prefer to get around by taxi.
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All have used the economic opportunity of a new arena project to transform their cities into the future.
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It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.
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I think people are obsessed with their pets because pets don't speak. It's that simple. After you hang up the phone, you never hear a dog say, 'You're a liar, and you are making the same self-sabotaging mistakes that have kept you single for far too long.'
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You have the power to remind us all that human dignity is not just a universal aspiration, but a human right.
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My Aunt Agatha, the curse of the Home Counties and a menace to one and all.
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Most enlightened men now recognize that General Jackson is not fitted to fill the office of President; his limited experience of anything to do with civil government and his great age make him incompetent.
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For girls growing up, sometimes I think they get the wrong idea for what women should look like.
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I think you have to challenge yourself constantly. Otherwise, it's boring.
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It is imperative to use forceful measures to force the regime to respect human rights.
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She was struck by the simple truth that sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people.
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Sometimes you can only find Heaven by slowly backing away from Hell.
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From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
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I remember when my daughter was twelve, suddenly a boy started hanging out in front of our house after school. It was this kid, Justin. My office at the time was right in the front, so I just looked out the window. I couldn't write. I couldn't concentrate. I was like, "What are you doing? What do you expect to achieve by standing in front of my house with my daughter inside?" I hated that kid so much.
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Sometimes I watch myself fly. For in the history of human flight it is not yet so very late; and a man may still wonder once in a while and ask: how is it that I, poor earth-habitituated animal, can fly?
