Curnonsky (Maurice Edmond Sailland) Quotes
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The first thing I look at is, 'Is the entrepreneur going after really big problems, to the extent that it feels scary when they talk about it?' You wonder if the idea is possible. I have seen that a lot of times, people go after small problems, and that's a sign that they are not confident.
Sachin Bansal -
The directories businesses still make nothing but money. They're overleveraged, they're bankrupt entities, but they still are the largest. This is all going to move online over time. Why Citysearch and Service Magic are so important to us, is because nobody has really colonized it yet completely.
Barry Diller -
My parents made certain I had no illusions about acting. To them, it was always just a job.
Sam Robards -
I grew up in South Africa, but like many people at that time, I couldn't bear living in the country. The main motivation for moving to Britain was to get away.
Manfred Mann -
I'm interested in Jackson Pollock's kind of art, where art is beautiful, but it's nothing, and yet it's incredible.
Taylor Swift -
The more we elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.
J. B. Priestley
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The actresses I most admire are Cameron Diaz and Sofia Vergara. They're amazing comedic actresses and also gorgeous. That's the direction I'd like my career to go in.
Bar Paly -
Every child saved with my help and the help of all the wonderful secret messengers, who today are no longer living, is the justification of my existence on this earth, and not a title to glory.
Irena Sendler -
The noblest mind the best contentment has.
Edmund Spenser -
'I don't want to make a mistake,' said the Will softly. 'Better not to make a decision than to make a mistake.' 'The whole House is going to fall down if you don't make a decision!' Arthur argued.
Garth Nix -
I stuck my dick in this game like a rapist. They call me 'Slim Roethlisberger'!
Eminem -
Pride is an admission of weakness; it secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals.
Fulton J. Sheen
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It's no good being too easily swayed by people's opinions. You have to believe in yourself.
Donatella Versace -
Lists that segment people into clearly-defined categories are particularly valuable to direct marketers, which can tailor their sales pitch to a particular demographic and, therefore, increase the likelihood of making a sale.
Parker Conrad -
Leave no stone unturned to help your clients realize maximum profits from their investment.
Arthur C. Nielsen -
I've been in silly movies and romantic movies and historic movies.
Kevin Bacon -
The greatest luxury of having money should be not having to worry about it.
David Whyte -
Dubois was the first black American to graduate from Harvard. He was accepted within the northern white intellectual circles as one of the 'best of his race.' As an avowed socialist, he was the only black member of the original 19 wealthy socialist founders of the NAACP.
Burgess Owens
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I bet Einstein turned himself all sorts of colors before he invented the light bulb.
Dan Castellaneta -
I do not want to be admired. I want to give, to be given, and solitude in which to unfold my possessions.
Virginia Woolf -
I feel like I always describe myself as a late bloomer. My first album, in my mind, was that I had a few songs I needed to take from incomplete demos to working with someone else and finishing them.
Albert Hammond, Jr. -
We've heard some theories, but there is a lot of mystery surrounding my adoption.
Patti Stanger -
I realize that every picture isn't a work of art.
Conrad Hall -
Make [food] simple and let things taste of what they are.
Curnonsky