Ingrid Michaelson (Ingrid Ellen Michaelson) Quotes
It should be like a driver's license - no one can have an Instagram until they're 18. It's the wild, wild west, the internet.
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Thousands of years and many civilizations have defined a marriage as the union between one man and one woman. With few exceptions, those civilizations that did not follow that perished.
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During this time I had the singular good fortune of being able to discuss the problem constantly with Einstein. Some experiments done at Einstein's suggestion yielded no decisively new result.
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There are so many different criteria for my collecting, and I have to confess that the goalposts do shift. But obviously, with my background, I am particularly drawn to things that have been documented in contemporary magazines.
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Music is almost like a therapy for me. It helps keep me centered and think straight. Before I discovered it, I was walking around, and it felt like there were 25 extra pounds of gravity on my shoulders. It's like you're mute or something.
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I'm the little dog who goes the wrong way - under the hoop.
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Whatever the right hand findeth to do, the left hand carries a watch on its wrist to show how long it takes to do it.
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Early on I saw the plastic quality in colored people and had friends among them; and later was to work from colored models and friends, including Paul Robeson, whose splendid head I worked from in New York. I tried to draw Chinamen in their quarter, but the Chinese did not like being drawn and would immediately disappear when they spotted me.
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Others like City Hall the old way, when they could make deals behind closed doors with your tax money.
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A new, a vast, and a powerful language is developed for the future use of analysis, in which to wield its truths so that these may become of more speedy and accurate practical application for the purposes of mankind than the means hitherto in our possession have rendered possible.
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When, who, and what things happen to becomes meaningful, then what happens starts to matter, and play can evoke strong emotions, fierce and ongoing urges to succeed, and a desire to leave a mark, drive meaningful change, or build lasting institutions.
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Waging a colonial war in the post-colonial age is self-defeating.
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The thing that I love about 'Scandal' is every character, it's not clear if they're good or bad. Everyone is both good and bad.
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I want to be happy, to look back and feel I danced well at the end of my career and didn't dwindle off. It would be too sad.
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The trouble with photographing beautiful women is that you never get into the dark room until after they've gone.
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I have friends who have a CD mastering plant in Hollywood and they are very sceptical about European record labels' understanding of digital technology.
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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
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The psychological trauma of losing a job can be as great as the trauma of a divorce.
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It's part of the job to compensate for outfit.
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One gets the impression that this is how Ernest Hemingway would have written had he gone to Vassar.
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The thing about the Internet is that you can write something... for a very narrow audience and make a living at it.
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Laptop computers dramatically increased the time people spend doing work. (The internet dramatically decreased it, so we're even).
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I believe a radiant, light-filled tomorrow should be normal to the experience of living.
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It should be like a driver's license - no one can have an Instagram until they're 18. It's the wild, wild west, the internet.
