Elliot W. Eisner Quotes
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It's really hard for me, every day, to confront my writing. It never gets easier over time.
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The electroencephalogram represents a continuous curve with continuous oscillations in which... one can distinguish larger first order waves with an average duration of 90 milliseconds and smaller second order waves of an average duration of 35 milliseconds.
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The truth is, when I got started in this business, it wasn't because I had a full understanding of the importance of the business, but because I thought it was fun. I found it exciting. It fulfilled me, whatever it was that I was looking for.
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Lastly, his tomb shall list and founder in the troughs of grass. And none shall speak his name.
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Be as polite to the custodian as you are to the chairman of the board.
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I think of myself as a plain human being who happens to be an American.
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I go out, but not too much. When I'm on tour, I just write a lot of music and sleep.
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I'm a voracious reader, and I love to throw myself into it.
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Reason is a supple nymph, and slippery as a fish by nature. She had as leave give her kiss to an absurdity any day, as to syllogistic truth. The absurdity may turn out truer.
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In my eyes, a patriot is little more than an international blackleg.
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True guilt is guilt at the obligation one owes to oneself to be oneself. False guilt is guilt felt at not being what other people feel one ought to be or assume that one is.
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Apple! Boy, what a story. No taxes paid, everything made abroad - yet everyone worships them. This new iPhone, there's nothing new in it. Just a golden color. What the hell, right? When people start playing with color, you know they're played out.
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Security people are often the black-and-white kind of people that I can't stand. I think the OpenBSD crowd is a bunch of masturbating monkeys, in that they make such a big deal about concentrating on security to the point where they pretty much admit that nothing else matters to them.
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Who is the loving person? The loving person is the person who loves him or herself. I say this so often, and people say, 'Oh yes, you're so right,' but they don't do it! You will never be able to love anyone else until you love yourself. Even With your Fat Thighs!
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'True Romance' was definitely, in part, still me finding my voice as a writer. I was nervous, and I was a lot more shy. The album sounds bruised.
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This economy is not getting better and the president's policies are the reason.
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Hospitality exists when you believe that the other person is on your side.
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I don't want to be an artist; I don't really want to sing - though I do sing on a few songs. But I want to be the guy that presents new music from both new artists and established artists at the same time.
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I escaped to New York, and then L.A., but when I dream of home, I still dream of my old house in Holmdel.
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In our fast-forward culture, we have lost the art of eating well. Food is often little more than fuel to pour down the hatch while doing other stuff - surfing the Web, driving, walking along the street. Dining al desko is now the norm in many workplaces. All of this speed takes a toll. Obesity, eating disorders and poor nutrition are rife.
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What an electric thrill it sends up and down the spine, how it sets the heart racing: A Royal Romance! A Royal Wedding! The pomp and the pageantry!
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I had always been a tomboy - I still am, at heart.
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Creative without strategy is called 'art.' Creative with strategy is called 'advertising.'
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Art is literacy of the heart.
