Elsie de Wolfe Quotes
I am going in now for interior decoration. By that I mean supplying objets d'art and giving advice regarding the decoration of their houses to wealthy persons who do not have the time, inclination, nor culture to do such work for themselves. It is nothing new. Women have done the same thing before.
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Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.
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For clothes and accessories, I love my friend's boutique; One by One and UT.LAB for shoes.
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In a lot of ways, I envy someone like Omar Sharif who lived in a hotel for decades.
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I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It's not very funny, but it's sincere. My commitment is to sincerity.
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Court TV will always hold a special place in my heart, and I will always look back at my time there with great gratitude and affection.
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The body is the one thing you have to say goodbye to. You can hold on to your memories. You can hold on to the spirit. That's part of the package that you love and the part that comforts you.
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My favorite body part? My feet. They're not pretty, but they get me where I want to go.
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I had wanted to be a sculptor throughout life, but to do so, I had to stop painting.
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I have four of the most incredible children. And I have five grandchildren.
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What is needed now is a transformation of the major systems of production more profound than even the sweeping post-World War II changes in production technology.
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In this respect, the history of science, like the history of all civilization, has gone through cycles.
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I never saw film stars at home. We had no maid, no cook, no swimming pool.
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At the end of the day, tech workers are not robots: they feel, they think, they have values.
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For me, dance is about the aesthetics and the hard work that goes into creating something so beautiful. Motivation and dedication to the craft is what pushes me to do my best, to always strive to do better, and the outcome is always worth it.
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Luck is great, but most of life is hard work.
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I don't like James Bond. They made him a super hero, but he is just an agent, a human being. In my movies, secret agents are more realistic, I didn't want to portray them in the most glowing colours.
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On stage, you rehearse for five weeks, and it goes out to 300 people. In 'EastEnders,' you get ten minutes to rehearse, and seven million people watch it!
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Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon.
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In England, literary pretence is more universal than elsewhere from our method of education.
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The best founders are extremely thoughtful and have an eye for quality. I don't know if there's any generic advice here that would be helpful. Startup knowledge is a moving target.
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Many businesses find their culture organized around a dangerous fault line known as 'us and them,' with executives on one side and employees on the other. The divide is both real and expensive.
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I don't think that the feminist movement has done much for the characters of women.
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The portability of the book, like that of the easel-painting, added much to the new culture of individualism. (p. 233)
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I am going in now for interior decoration. By that I mean supplying objets d'art and giving advice regarding the decoration of their houses to wealthy persons who do not have the time, inclination, nor culture to do such work for themselves. It is nothing new. Women have done the same thing before.
