Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
A man who has not enough originality to think out a new title for his book will be much less capable of giving it new contents.
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In general, writers shouldn't be killed for what they write, though I can think of exceptions.
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I think that a woman wears so many hats, we have so many aspects to us that we're not just one thing. We represent so much within us and that kind of comes across for me as a designer through mixing prints and colors.
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A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand.
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My schedule is too overwhelmingly full to think about the future.
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There's just a natural instinct to want to be great, I think.
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Most artists like to think of themselves as rugged individualists, as independent characters.
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The laws of God, the laws of man he may keep that will and can; not I: let God and man decree laws for themselves and not for me.
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The American Dream is that any man or woman, despite of his or her background, can change their circumstances and rise as high as they are willing to work.
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I think on a whole host of issues Washington tends to be a lagging indicator on public opinion.
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I think you only really feel like an outsider if you've been an insider.
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I used to have to beg and borrow £25 to hire some French windows. I started producing in 1967, and I was in debt until 1981. Having a think about whether you can afford 'this' or 'that' is a good discipline to have, to maximise what you can achieve to the highest standard.
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Necessity makes an honest man a knave.
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I want to make something that's respectful and respected. And I think you can make something for women that is respected on television.
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We have not yet seen what man can make of man.
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I think it's really good to get the adrenaline pumping.
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I think people underestimate the importance of lighting - layers of lighting, not just one light. I do a lighting seminar where I take a $300-a-yard fabric and a $3-a-yard fabric. I show what lighting can do to either one.
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I don't do something because I think it will sell 30 million albums. I couldn't care less. If it sells one, it sells one.
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A lot of people tend to glorify the role of satire and comedians. They put them up as role models, as fighters for the truth and against tyranny, and I think that's overrated.
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I think lots of actors are very nervous and shy. I know lots of them who are, and some who aren't of course.
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Maybe directors who are more interested in realism and naturalism come from cities, where they see things on their doorstep every day. But growing up as a kid in a very pretty but ever-so-slightly boring town, where not a great deal happened, encouraged me to be more escapist, more imaginative, and more of a daydreamer.
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The number of American presidential candidates varies with the sunspot cycle and the phases of the moon.
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When I was out in Georgia doing photographs, I found myself trying to undo my own sense of composition. I'd think, 'Why do I want to take it like this? Is it because I want to take a beautiful picture?' It's quite hard to try and undo it.
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Companies are always being bought and sold. The markets are always moving; you have to be on top of your position. And in the U.S., the market is never closed for more than three days. The only time the market was ever closed was 9/11. I think it may have been closed the whole week.
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A man who has not enough originality to think out a new title for his book will be much less capable of giving it new contents.
