Oswald Spengler Quotes
It is the heritage of anguished centuries, and it distinguishes us from all other people-us, the youngest and last people of our culture. ...
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In Hollywood, you can live alongside very famous but still incredibly boring people. I've never wanted to be immortal. Even if nobody remembers me after my death, it's still okay with me.
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I would love to be in 'Dancing With the Stars.'
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I work in the most non-Communist job. I work for 'Martha Stewart Living.'
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I like the term 'misunderstood.' But I am a bit of a bad boy.
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We have been given a role to play. We have been asked to provide, to give lectures on the role of Islamic development and the way we do it here, so the people who are Muslims there would understand what the role of Islam is.
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'Sister Act' was my first audition out of school. I was 21 and cast as the understudy. It was non-Equity, so I lived in L.A. on $300 a week. I did that for a month and then came to New York to do a couple of gigs, including 'Hair' in the park, before going to London with 'Sister Act,' where I played the lead.
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If you're going to sell stock and somebody wants to buy it at a price and that price is not a price you dictate, but demand dictates, sell it to them now.
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My goal is to improve my game, stay healthy and be competitive. If I have that, I know I can be able to win tournaments, which in the end is what it counts.
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Back in 1999 and 2000, a few of us... a very few of us... Douglas Clegg, Seth Godin and I... offered free electronic copies of our books in an effort to reach an audience we otherwise wouldn't have reached and to test out a new marketing concept for books. Despite the industry screaming we were crazy, it worked.
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Being at the Apollo, I was always starstruck.
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It is the original idea that is unique, not the object itself.
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Free imagination is the inestimable prerogative of youth and it must be cherished and guarded as a treasure.
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I think one thing that's important to maintain is a sense of fear, always doubting yourself... a good dose of insecurity helps your work in some ways.
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There's a policy now of opening the doors to the outside world.
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The thing about being a mystery writer, what marks a mystery writer out from a chick lit author or historical fiction writer, is that you always find a mystery in every situation.
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I live in, literally, the same home when I was swiping my first bank card and wondering if I'd have to put back the Charmin. We still don't have a dishwasher. My mom has done all these gardens so now my house looks like the garden shack in the middle of Versailles.
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There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher.
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So I felt, well, I'll make the money and, with the money, do what I want to do.
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I'm only a poor corrupt official.
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People don't like the same thing. You have to keep their attention.
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So much of writing isn't the fun parts like we get to discuss. It is sitting there putting the words down.
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I grew up on Don Knotts and Jerry Lewis and all the guys from Second City.
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I would say it's not as hard as writing, because when you're a writer, you walk right into the pit all by yourself, but when you're a director, there are at least 80 people who scream, 'Don't do that!' when you make a mistake.
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It is the heritage of anguished centuries, and it distinguishes us from all other people-us, the youngest and last people of our culture. ...
