Deborah Tall Quotes

In choosing where to live or vacation, we may be setting the stage for the play of ourselves, treating nature as prop.

Deborah Tall

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• Too much work, too much vacation, too much of any one thing is unsound.

  

  Walter Annenberg
  • Work
  • Vacation
  • Too Much

• When in doubt, wear a suit. Look at male politicians: you see them in a suit, and they look fine. But if you see a picture of them on the weekend or on vacation, there's a good chance they look terrible and unstylish.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • Good
  • Picture
  • Doubt

• Having someone cook all your meals is the best vacation ever!

  

  Tamra Davis
  • Best
  • Someone
  • Vacation

• I was very pleased, obviously, to have outsold great writers. But I'm not insane - I do realise that I am a popular writer who people buy to take on vacation.

  

  Maeve Binchy
  • People
  • Great
  • Popular

• I prefer to do cable TV because it allows you the time to do other things. I definitely have an eye on doing more work in features and playing different characters, but I am also a big fan of going on vacation and playing golf and going to the beach.

  

  Bailey Chase
  • Time
  • Work
  • Different

• I'm pleased to have outsold great writers. But I'm not insane - I realize I am a writer people buy to take on vacation.

  

  Maeve Binchy
  • People
  • Great
  • Vacation

• A vacation is what you take when you can no longer take what you've been taking.

  

  Earl Wilson
  • You
  • Take
  • Vacation

• It cost me a lot of money to have a vacation, basically. It's nice to step back and see there's more to life.

  

  Nate Diaz
  • Life
  • Money
  • Nice

• I love South American food, and I haven't really been down there. I really need a vacation.

  

  Nate Silver
  • Love
  • Food
  • Need

• I admired the way McCain worked on campaign finance reform. I admired the way Nancy Pelosi stiffened the Democrats' spine during the health care debate. I admire the way Barack Obama has raised a dog in the White House without ever putting it on the roof of the car for a vacation drive.

  

  Gail Collins
  • House
  • Health
  • Car

• New York reminds me a little bit of Canada and my upbringing. Los Angeles is like living in a vacation, and you have to pinch yourself every once and a while.

  

  Malin Akerman
  • Yourself
  • New York
  • Vacation

• You know what, I'm happy to say that everything outside of 'Dexter' feels like a vacation, and I don't mean to say anything negative about the show. It's just a different kind of work. Emotionally it's taxing and complicated, and that's a great thing.

  

  Jennifer Carpenter
  • Work
  • Great
  • Different

• There's no vacation from being a parent.

  

  Chevy Chase
  • Vacation

• Frank Capra's grandson was a second Assistant Director on 'Christmas Vacation.'

  

  Chevy Chase
  • Christmas
  • Vacation
  • Grandson

• My favorite place in Indonesia is Bali. I was there with my family in Nusa Dua, and my kids loved it. I'm a workaholic, so for me, Bali is a place where you can have a vacation, but you can have your own moment as well. You feel like you blend with nature - and I love the beach.

  

  Joe Taslim
  • Family
  • Kids
  • Nature

• I've loved singing since forever. Whether it was with my sisters while cleaning the kitchen, putting shows on for my stuffed animals, writing songs about my stuffed animals, starting an a capella group with my cousins while on vacation, or awkwardly singing along to karaoke tracks alone in my bedroom - singing always found a way into my life.

  

  Kina Grannis
  • Life
  • Writing
  • Alone

• Every time I'm home, it's like a vacation, but I've been playing in bands since I was 11. I guess our goals were always small goals. It started off my goal was just to be in a band. Then it was to have a drummer that would show up.

  

  Brittany Howard
  • Up
  • Time
  • Home

• At the moment I have my family coming out with me on the road. We have our own vehicle and it's more like a family vacation. I just stop, do some gigs, and take off. It's a lot more fun now with the family.

  

  Dave Lombardo Amen
  • Family
  • Fun
  • Stop

• Songs for me are like a message in a bottle. You send them out to the world, and maybe the person who you feel that way about will hear about it someday.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • World
  • You
  • Me

• I trust no one totally.

  

  Gary Sheffield
  • Trust
  • Totally

• ..... if we were talking to you on your first day of physical life experience, we would say to you, "Welcome to Planet Earth. There is nothing that you cannot be, or do, or have. You are a magnificent creator. And you are here by your powerful and deliberate wanting to be here. Go forth, giving thought to what you are wanting, attracting life experience to help you decide what you want and once you have decided, giving thought only unto that"

  

  Esther Hicks
  • Experience
  • Earth
  • Powerful

• There's nothing - I've bought everything I want. I don't like yachts or anything; you know, I'm not a yacht person, and I've got pretty much the nicest plane I'd want to have.

  

  Elon Musk
  • Pretty

• Being the chief minister of a regional government is just a pastime compared with the hellish job of being prime minister of two different communities brought together.

  

  Elio Di Rupo
  • Different
  • Job
  • Together

• In choosing where to live or vacation, we may be setting the stage for the play of ourselves, treating nature as prop.

  

  Deborah Tall
  • Vacation
  • Ourselves
  • Choosing