William Deresiewicz Quotes
People’s stories are the most personal thing they have, and paying attention to those stories is just about the most important thing you can do for them.William Deresiewicz
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To my mind, there is no doubt that this Gandhi age is the dark age of India. It is an age in which people, instead of looking for their ideals in the future, are returning to antiquity.
Babasaheb -
A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.
Carl Reiner -
I think people have to set up little battles. They have to demonize people whom they disagree with or feel threatened by. But it's the ideological framing of the debate that scares me.
Barbara Kruger -
People always say to me, 'You've really strived to redefine retail.' But the reality is, I wanted to redefine magazines.
Natalie Massenet -
At the risk of sounding really corny now, I'm a career prosecutor. I've been doing this for a very long time. And I believe in holding people responsible when they violate the law. But our sole responsibility is to seek justice. And sometimes that means a very lengthy sentence for people who are dangerous and from which society must be protected.
Sally Yates -
Being an individual takes effort. Most people are pretty lazy. And that's OK! I mean, there are more important things than fashion. If it's going to stress you out to have a sense of style, don't do it. The important thing is to be comfortable so you can get on with your life.
Iris Apfel
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I've heard a number of our alumni - people who are running schools and school systems - think a lot about different models for the teaching profession.
Wendy Kopp -
I insist, that if there is any thing which it is the duty of the whole people to never entrust to any hands but their own, that thing is the preservation and perpetuity, of their own liberties, and institutions.
Abraham Lincoln -
Peace, freedom and justice are only to be found where people are prepared to defend them.
Margaret Thatcher -
No matter what side of an argument you're on, you always find some people on your side that wish you were on the other side.
Jascha Heifetz -
Being a background singer is one thing, but being on stage as the star is something else again. When you walk out there with all those people staring at you, it's like you're naked to the world. And I hate being criticized.
Brenda Russell -
People were nicer to me when I was in the arts. I experienced extreme racism in small-town New Zealand. Racism which really went away when I got into the arts.
Cliff Curtis
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If you say city to people, people have no problem thinking of the city as rife with problematic, screwed-up people, but if you say suburbs - and I'm not the first person to say this, it's been said over and over again in literature - there's a sense of normalcy.
Eric Bogosian -
The people I don't understand are atheists. I go surfing and snowboarding, and I'm always around nature. I look at everything and think, 'Who couldn't believe there's a God? Is all this a mistake?' It just blows me away.
Paul Walker -
I want to make my music a genre that people can immediately identify: something that never existed.
Ji-Hae Park -
I gotta be involved. I still write ads; I still run around and rally the creative people.
Jerry Della Femina -
You can't share your magic with everyone. Your job is to live within your magic. And if other magical people find you, then let's go and make a brew.
Brian Tyree Henry -
I love people who are inches away from completely falling apart. I think that's a fun, electric character to take on.
Mariana Klaveno
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I co-founded the DNC Veterans and Military Families Council in 2005.
Christine Pelosi -
Democracy can tie your hands in a rock 'n' roll band, you know? It can be a great thing, but if you've got a certain amount of vision and you write a lot of songs, it's sometimes better to have your own band and make your own decisions.
Jason Isbell -
I'll probably make loads of plans, and then just sit around on my bottom all day long and do nothing.
John Deacon Queen -
When I was about ten, I discovered evolution by reading a book by Wilhelm Boelsche and seeing a picture of Archaeopteryx.
Konrad Lorenz -
Every act of kindness on your part is a boost to your own immune system.
Marianne Williamson -
People’s stories are the most personal thing they have, and paying attention to those stories is just about the most important thing you can do for them.
William Deresiewicz