David Leonhardt Quotes
Finding happiness is like finding yourself. You don't find happiness, you make happiness. You choose happiness. Self-actualization is a process of discovering who you are, who you want to be and paving the way to happiness by doing what brings you the most meaning and contentment to your life over the long run.
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I fought the best; I've never been afraid of anyone.
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Fashion is a language, for sure, and it is a reflection of society.
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For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.
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Things were easier for the old novelists who saw people all of a piece. Speaking generally, their heroes were good through and through, their villains wholly bad.
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I don't think it's in any way harmful, this marriage of media and politicians. I think it enhances the communications process considerably and makes it possible for the public to be far more aware, far more up-to-date on issues and the opposite sides of the issues.
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It's almost an impossible thing to get a movie made that is written by two actors who want to star in it, when no one knows who they are. The only time it happened that I know of was when Sylvester Stallone did it in 'Rocky.'
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I've discovered that I value simplicity above all in dressing. I don't like anything I wear to be too complicated or fussy.
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To be honest, I enjoy all different types of films and experiences.
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Russia and China completely disagree with the international order that was established after World War II, and they're trying to take it apart right before our eyes.
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There is no question at all that Manson was sending Tex, Sadie, Katie, and Linda out on his mission of murder.
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As a child, my mother told me lots of fairy stories, many her own invention. She, too, tended to reverse the norm.
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As you grow older, your music begins to mature and grow older along with you.
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I did model for a little while part-time, but I wasn't a bloody model, and I am definitely not that horrible thing 'model-turned-actress.'
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It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
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I have a few homes, and Los Angeles is certainly one of them.
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What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare?
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I love playing characters who are multilayered and multidimensional and have a darkness to them, which makes them more realistic and more fun to play.
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I was always writing the books that I wanted to write, books that demanded to be written at the time. But, like most writers, you start off feeling your way.
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I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.
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I think that most of the people running companies today are motivated and pay is a small portion of the motivation.
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I take my dog, Fideo, out for a hike in Runyon Canyon three times a week. It's about 45 minutes round-trip with a variation of super steep hills and flat areas. He's always running ahead, which helps me push myself, especially up the hills.
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I believe in being positive.
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The world is hung up on food-based biofuels. Not only are they the wrong thing, they're the uneconomic thing.
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Finding happiness is like finding yourself. You don't find happiness, you make happiness. You choose happiness. Self-actualization is a process of discovering who you are, who you want to be and paving the way to happiness by doing what brings you the most meaning and contentment to your life over the long run.
