Eric Weiner Quotes
Happiness is a ghost, it’s a shadow. You can’t really chase it. It’s a by-product, a very pleasant side effect to a life lived well.
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Men move through a much different process before commitment than women do.
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There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism, and I learn from that and better myself. I'm not expecting anyone to be sycophantic in any way; I never expected that.
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There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.
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I wanted to experience New York, to look up and see buildings.
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Don't be surprised if you find me doing some charity work in another country.
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We're going to test with the same car, but we have a new car ready.
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I always draw from things around me that people around me have gone through... The story that could be taken really literally is not from my life exactly. But bits and pieces are, and the sentiment behind it is.
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Trivializing the Holocaust is the last thing I want to do.
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With my writing, what I want to do is humanize the young people I write about.
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In the early '90s, it was grunge; everybody was fully clothed. Alanis Morissette was one of the biggest artists in the world, never wore makeup, wearing Doc Marten boots, and then the Spice Girls turn up, and suddenly it all looks a bit burlesque; suddenly they're the biggest band in the world.
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New York for me is about work. If L.A. were to become a West Coast version of that, I'd shoot myself. The climate, the lifestyle - it really fits as the yin to my New York yang.
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It is guaranteed to put all teeth on edge, including George Washington's, wherever they might be.
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I think it's time that we all be there for the children, to learn from the ones who came before us, and to teach our sons and daughters to have respect for themselves.
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Television is apparently the enemy of nuance. But nuance is essential for a thoughtful discussion.
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'Regression testing'? What's that? If it compiles, it is good; if it boots up, it is perfect.
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I get naturally uncomfortable when I'm put under a magnifying glass.
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It was fantastic to work in Cornwall partly because my family live there so I was able to do lots of visiting and eat lots of cake. They live all over Cornwall and all over Devon.
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Before I came out, I had a lot of anger. For years people would ask, 'How are you doing?' and I'd say, 'Good, fine.' It's show business, and that's what you have to show.
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Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time.
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I don't admire Freud as much as some people do. Imagine Shakespeare being aware of the Oedipal complex when he wrote Hamlet. It would have been a disaster.
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I oscillate between life and death, happiness and sadness, good and evil.
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I think operating systems work best if they're free and open. Particular applications are more likely to be proprietary.
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Happiness is a ghost, it’s a shadow. You can’t really chase it. It’s a by-product, a very pleasant side effect to a life lived well.
