Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
The business of the novelist is not to relate great events, but to make small ones interesting.
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Our number one priority is to spend every peso possible to include those who are currently excluded.
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Obviously, I never want to make the same record twice. I want to keep moving forward. That's the real challenge, I think.
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Lyrically, I personally lean towards venting.
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Well, you know, I was through the whole of the Second World War and saw all my friends killed.
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I went swimming the other day and my wife was watching and she said, 'You know, it's funny, it's when you've got no clothes on, no one recognizes you.' I said, 'What are you saying? That I should do more love scenes?'
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I know that many authors say editors don't edit anymore, but that's not been true in my experience.
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My normal life is like being on holiday.
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All the big online retailers are looking at how to enter the Russian market.
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I always read the translator's draft all the way through - a very laborious business.
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For Gore 2000, I was a formal campaign adviser: contrary to RNC mythology, my brief was not 'wardrobe,' but rather policy on women's issues, and messaging. I was also married to a Clinton speechwriter, and observed the message decision-making process from the perspective of a spouse.
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It's very hard to transgress; we have the furniture of transgression without the imagery and iconography to actually do it.
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The distinction between reality and fiction in America seems like it is becoming really blurry. With its religious fanaticism, reality TV programs and fake news broadcasts being aired by the government, the States feel like they are entering the Dark Ages.
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When I was a kid, we got in a cipher and battled each other lyrically. We told jokes and made the hottest dance moves.
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I just love writing. It's magical, it's somewhere else to go, it's somewhere much more dreadful, somewhere much more exciting. Somewhere I feel I belong, possibly more than in the so-called real world.
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Gujarat is the fourth state in the world where we have a separate climate-change department.
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It's difficult to believe that Al Gore was oblivious to the existing laws. He has to respond at some point.
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Charter schools have a far higher proportion of teachers who are not certified.
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I don't think anyone's particularly conscious of thinking suits are the thing, but when you see a comedian on stage in jeans and a t-shirt it doesn't matter how good they are - it always looks like amateur hour when they walk onto the stage.
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I'm lucky. The best possible place in the world for training is Addis Ababa, so I am home all the time except when I am racing. I like to be there, near my family, my kids, also the real estate business I run with my wife.
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In 1941 I finished at Allison Intermediate School (grades 7-9), and started at North High School, commuting by bicycle about 5 miles from home to school.
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I've experienced, in general, in New York, people cut to the chase a little more, and they're a little bit more straightforward. In L.A. I've experienced more wishy-washiness. I will say, though, that the people that are actually from L.A. - like, born and raised in L.A. - are the real nice and genuine people.
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Employees can make happiness when they maximize their brainwork voluntarily and enthusiastically. Management should focus on setting up an atmosphere.
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The business of the novelist is not to relate great events, but to make small ones interesting.
