Erik Spiekermann Quotes
They [letters] are my friends Some people look at bottles of wine, or whatever - girls' bottoms - I get kicks out of looking at type.
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Broccoli gets such a bad rap. This is perplexing to those of us who love that green, treelike, stalky vegetable.
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My parents' long and happy marriage was a great ideal to live up to, but a tough one.
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My birthday is Feb. 11, and I'm both excited and not excited by it. You'll never be 15 again, and you really, really need to savor every day like it's your last.
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You have to take control of your own life, your own destiny, and your own careers. You can't leave everything up to someone else, 'cause then you can look at them and blame them.
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I've always been interested in any kind of great music, and African music is, I think, the source of it all.
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I don't want to be a poster child for cancer.
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My parents weren't extremely successful financially, but they were happy people. They gave me confidence.
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I always thought that was one of the single most important things a prosecutor could do is to seek justice for the families of victims.
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The imperfections in my family made me learn to deal with things on my own and solve problems for myself.
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The Internet is part of our evolution. The mystics used to say, 'We can travel across the planet in a thought.' Now we really can. We can be connected with a million people at a time.
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This only grant me, that my means may lie too low for envy, for contempt too high.
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Japan is an important ally of ours. Japan and the United States of the Western industrialized capacity, 60 percent of the GNP, two countries. That's a statement in and of itself.
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At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.
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He who knows himself is enlightened.
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There are many creeds but only one faith. Creeds may change, develop, and grow flat, while the substance of faith remains the same in all ages. The overgrowth of creed may bring about the disintegration of that substance. The proper relation is a minimum of creed and a maximum of faith.
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Anyone can forget about talent, but if you're also a good person, your name will be remembered for a long time.
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By this act the president alone is empowered to make the law, to fix in his mind what acts, words, what thoughts or looks, shall constitute such a crime.
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I'm so picky. People hate going to the movies with me.
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A lot of followers would tell me, 'You've helped me through my depression or helped me stop cutting.' Something as easy as posting a video keeps them happy, or talking to them on Twitter helps them realize that what they're going through is temporary.
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People have crossed the Himalayas in flip-flops seeking a blessing from the Dalai Lama.
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Leaving the people and places you love, is a reminder of the impermanence of this life. And the permanence of the next.
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You're a smaller fish in the U.S. There's just so many more TV shows, and actors, and actresses. Where as in the U.K. you're in a much smaller market there.
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They [letters] are my friends Some people look at bottles of wine, or whatever - girls' bottoms - I get kicks out of looking at type.
