Georges Wolinski Quotes
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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
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Tiger Woods, Larry Bird, Wayne Gretzky, a pitcher just before a game, I would imagine they all have nervous energy. But as you perform, the nervous energy dissipates and you start to relax and you start to do what you do best.
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When you commit to something and have fun with it, it appreciates you, the gift, and it starts to help you out.
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I had just turned 10-years-old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and plunged America into World War II.
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He who prays five times a day is in the protection of God, and he who is protected by God cannot be harmed by anyone.
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I have been interested in fashion since I was a kid. Then I lived in London, where it was more about costume and a personal statement of who you are than about fashion.
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I don't ever wish I was somebody else.
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Sufis teach that we first must battle and destroy the evil within ourselves by shining upon it the good within, and then we learn to battle the evil in others by helping their higher selves gain control of their lower selves.
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I'm not slim. I'm a curvy girl: I've got thighs and a bum. I don't mind baring the fact that I've got a bit of cellulite because everybody has. I find it off-putting when everybody on telly is the same size or looks the same build. For me, it's important for people to watch someone normal.
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When I wake up at 5 in the morning is it just to jog? Definitely not, I give it all of my efforts.
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I put my thoughts in a book, which must mean I don't want anyone to read them.
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I don't know of any plans to remaster the Mr Mister catalog.
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When I'm performing, I'm not even thinking about the song. I'm thinking about the audience.
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Human beings are natural mimickers. The more you're conscious of the other side's posture, mannerisms, and word choices - and the more you subtly reflect those back - the more accurate you'll be at taking their perspective.
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My parents were never condescending to us. They treated us like adults from a very young age.
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I wouldn't feel comfortable talking to someone I didn't know very well and, beyond that person, a readership of X millions, about things I think are private.
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Thanks to the comic book publishers. Batman and Captain Marvel were responsible for my learning to read at least a year before I showed up at school. They got me interested in writing. Started my first novel at about eight. The title: 'The Canals of Mars.'
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There is a marvelous peace in not publishing. It's peaceful. Still. Publishing is a terrible invasion of my privacy.
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Show me the artist anywhere who's had an utterly stable mental life, and I'll buy you hot dinners for the rest of your life.
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I'm not great at multi-tasking, so when I do one thing... I like to do it 100%.
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He's an amazing talent. He's probably the most explosive back since Marshall Faulk and Barry Sanders.
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In my experience, in this industry, the things that have been breakthrough have all been about connecting human beings to each other, communicating with each other.
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Teamwork is wasting half of one's time explaining to others why they are wrong.
