Albert Einstein Quotes
I have become rather like King Midas, except that everything turns not into gold but into a circus.
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I'm used to very low-budget situations. In 'The Exploding Girl,' we were literally changing in Starbucks because we didn't have trailers.
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Watch your finances like a hawk.
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I love the Wendy Syred boutique in Taunton. She has fantastic off-the-wall stuff, such as Vivienne Westwood. And I always have huge success in Omah Shoes, which is also in Taunton. I've got such small feet - three and a half - but I always find my size there.
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The fact that Western Muslims are free means that they can have enormous impact. But it would be wrong to claim that we are imposing our ways on the West. New ideas are now coming from the West. To be traditional is not so much a question of protecting ourselves as to be traditionalist in principle.
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We want a marriage with our customers, not a relationship.
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I've found that the most engaging and satisfying author events I've done are with other people, where the conversation is spontaneous. I think that is by far the better way to introduce and promote a book.
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Any reflection about poetry should begin, or end, with this question: who and how many read poetry books?
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In Swat, there are two jobs a woman's going to do: a teacher or a doctor. If not, then become a housewife.
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Most people inside the bureau believe that the blown opportunities to head off 9/11 would not recur today. Even among the FBI's doubters, few disagree that the bureau has come a long way.
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A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable.
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I want people to learn what democracy means.
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I'm still Christian. I was not raised in a Christian church to hate people. I was taught to love people and accept people. I know what I believe.
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Every time I'm in Canada I feel more Swedish, and every time I'm in Sweden I feel more Canadian. I belong in both places and I love them both equally. It's funny because the Swedes claim me as their Swedish pride and the Canadians call me their Canadian girl. I'll take it all.
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Never do today what you can do tomorrow. Something may occur to make you regret your premature action.
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Ask Jeeves! Who ever used that thing? College freshmen to find out who Goethe was - that's it.
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Hip-hop is the only music in the world where you can take any instrument and make it hip hop. It's anybody's music. It's what you make of it. That's for anything you do in life.
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I continually acted up to get attention. My father gave me that, and once he left, I felt that I didn't have any.
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I made a good living for a teenager. And I had to learn all different kinds of music - jazz, swing, Motown, pop - and that inspired what kind of music I started to write.
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My father was a jazz listener, and I think, at least before I was 5, I was not so into that. Although there were records that emphasized percussion that I liked, like Baby Dodds.
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But veracity is a plant of paradise, and the seeds have never flourished beyond the walls.
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And I want a gold medal more than anything. I just want a gold medal, so that's been pushing me forward.
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Her godmother simply touched her with her wand, and, at the same moment, her clothes were turned into cloth of gold and silver, all decked with jewels.
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I have become rather like King Midas, except that everything turns not into gold but into a circus.
