Eric Maisel Quotes
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Both chronic, long-term poverty and downward mobility from the middle class are in the same category of things that America likes not to think about.
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The penalty may be removed, the crime is eternal.
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I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can't make it through one door, I'll go through another door - or I'll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.
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We have seen the damage already caused to the music industry and we have to continue to make the public and government bodies globally aware of the damage that will happen if DVD piracy is not brought under control.
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I asked my mother could I have an instrument. She said, 'Well if you go out and save your money.' So I went and got - I made me a shine box. I went out and started shining shoes, and I'd bring whatever I made.
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The shooting of the guns, that was kind of funny, because rolling a cigarette and shooting a gun aren't like normal things for a 13-year old girl!
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A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life.
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The crew, like all Italian crews, was generous, warm, and enthusiastic.
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Love of man for woman - love of woman for man. That's the nature, the meaning, the best of life itself.
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Several particular maxims... are as powerful, although false, in carrying away belief, as those the most true.
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The MFA program did one great thing for me: It taught me how to be a better reader and critic. Nothing I wrote during my time at Columbia remains - but learning how to really deconstruct a work of fiction - that, of course, is a permanent part of me now.
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The kitchen may not get cleaned, and I have to accept that. I do the important things.
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There's something pretty awesome about staying with a character and growing.
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I just like to choose projects that will allow me as an artist to make my art.
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To be sure, robotics are not the only job killers out there, with outsourcing stealing far more gigs than automation.
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I just am a Democrat. I could never, never be a Republican.
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The only thing that said 'Lando Calrissian' was ethnic was his looks.
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The English National Opera does have some terrific productions, which are accessible, and they're not too ridiculously expensive.
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There was a point in my teenage years, when we were starting to play bigger shows and females were running after tour buses and all that, and my mom - and I remember this like it was yesterday - said: 'Look, I want you to know that I couldn't be prouder of you. You are extraordinary. You move people. But it doesn't make you better than them. You still put your pants on the same way as them, one leg at a time every morning.' I thought about learning to jump right into them, just to mess with her. But what she said stuck with me, and I think it's true.
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A man who has been through bitter experiences and travelled far enjoys even his sufferings after a time.
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You can't keep a democracy going in a functional and constructive way if only 10 percent of the people you represent think your institution is functioning in an acceptable way. That's just not viable.
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I don't think I'm a millionaire, but I'm comfortable.
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Creativity is part sweat - not just beads of it, but sometimes buckets.
