T. S. Eliot Quotes
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You have to be un-comfortably comfortable in this business. There's always somebody else who wants what you have.
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Life isn't perfect, of course, but we all know it's how you react to things that counts.
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I've just come back from Mississippi and over there when you talk about the West Bank they think you mean Arkansas.
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Some of the most fun people I know are scientists.
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If you're famous, you're not free.
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The first thing you have to do is accept that decay sets in and there's nothing you can do about it.
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I would love to see young writers come out of college and know there is a possibility to be a novelist.
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I know it starts at home, but all families are not staying together.
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You break her heart, I'll break your neck.
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When you do scenes that are just exposition, they feel false.
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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I approach love differently now that I know it's hard for it to work out.
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You set up the story, but the characters start talking, and they go places that you didn't expect. You have to follow.
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Readers of novels often fall into the bad habit of being overly exacting about the characters' moral flaws. They apply to these fictional beings standards that no one they know in real life could possibly meet.
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How can you have an educated workforce, how do you equal the economic disparities in this country, if you can't make college more affordable for those who are struggling to make it?
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I was a class clown. At 12, I was definitely clowning. I was making all the jokes. But I was smart, so the teachers didn't know what to do with me.
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My roots are in stand-up, and stand-up is very freeing. There's no script involved; you just fly.
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Music, first of all, is completely about abstraction, which is exactly what architecture is not. In a way, it has been incredibly constructive to know what true abstraction is. So you don't fall into the trap of thinking that what you do is abstract.
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We call ourselves public servants but I'll tell you this: we as public servants must set an example for the rest of the nation. It is hypocritical for the public official to admonish and exhort the people to uphold the common good.
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Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic.
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I really make sure that my girls understand the importance of education. I don't want them to be spoilt and only know private school kids. I want them to behave well by example.
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Philanthropy is often seen as society's risk capital. That means the onus is on philanthropists, nonprofit leaders and social entrepreneurs to innovate. But philanthropic innovation is not just about creating something new. It also means applying new thinking to old problems, processes and systems.
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I do what I do. You like it, great. You don't, go listen to somebody else. I'm stickin' with the people who stuck with me.
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If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?
