Ellen von Unwerth Quotes
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I am a man of tomorrow, but I also live my past.
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I think beauty can be everywhere.
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I've always been an independent person, but that independence was in the setting of security.
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Large audiences did not suit my low-key approach.
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Michael Jordan changed so much in basketball, he took his power to make a difference. It's so much going on in music right now and somebody has to make a difference.
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The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.
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A baby comes with such responsibility. Once you become a mother, you always have a guilt trip. You always try to do the best, but you feel you can always be better.
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When I was in jail, I was a lot of people's favorite person. I practically ran the jail. I had more freedom than the police.
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I think it's cool people love to hate me.
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If we desire a society in which men are brothers, then we must act towards one another with brotherhood. If we can build such a society, then we would have achieved the ultimate goal of human freedom.
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The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.
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Our duties and responsibilities as human beings must be shown to be so incontrovertible that even atheists must recognize them. There are ultimate taboos.
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At the school I attended, the clergyman who ran the cathedral school in Shanghai would give lines to the boys as a punishment. They expected you to copy out, say, 20 or 30 pages from one of the school texts. But I found that rather than laboriously copying out something from a novel by Charles Dickens, it was easier if I made it up myself.
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I sometimes wonder how we're short of cod. There's gonna be a load deep down that are hiding. But it's a good reason to put the price up, and it means a load of people will have haddock. They should tell people they're running out of all sorts. Make 'em panic a bit.
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An author's ability to bring a marketing synopsis to the table - along with a great manuscript - makes a difference in what books get picked up. This is true for both fiction and nonfiction titles. You need to show your publisher what you've got in your marketing arsenal.
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Early in my investment-banking career, I realized I was on a path that others had set out for me.
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The Russians are very much more up and down than the French.
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As an astronaut, you have a very defined set of tasks to do. Those tasks may require you to work 60, 70 or 80 hours a week.
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Every man is his own worst enemy.
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There are certainly things labels can still provide that indie artists can't. They can pave the way to radio and pay big bucks for promotion.
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I think growing up in New York, you see so much at such a young age, there's no bubble to escape into.
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I love food. I mean, I really love food. I take pictures of my finest, funniest and most fascinating dishes, post them on Twitter, and send them to friends. I treat menus like classic literature, refusing to skip even one word. I read the description of every item, regardless of whether or not I'm interested in eating it.
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Piracy has destroyed the domestic market.
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I like to photograph anyone before they know what their best angles are.
