Leon Edel Quotes
The biographer who writes the life of his subject's self-concept passes through a fade into the inner house of life.
Leon Edel
Quotes to Explore
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I spend my own money, not other people's money.
Vijay Mallya
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I went from living in the Dominican Republic - every day, my mom and I would cook, or we'd go hang out with the kids - to flying a private jet to Chicago with Zac Efron and Dennis Quaid. People had champagne, and they were going to these amazing restaurants. It was a culture shock. It's important, I think, to have that. To see both sides.
Maika Monroe
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Now, everybody knows my music. So that's really cool. A lot of kids know it. Now, when I go to a sports game, everybody knows my name.
Nat Wolff
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My life has been a dream. If someone had to write a story about it, it would seem a little unreal. It's the kind of story I would read and say, 'Nah, that's not possible.'
Ralph Lauren
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We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.
Warren Buffett
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It's never been seen that a street artist go as far as I've gone - keep consistent without wanting to do a bunch of ventures outside of music to keep my face out there.
Nas
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For some reason, I spent my early thirties reading as much postwar Hungarian fiction as I could get my hands on.
Garth Risk Hallberg
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We're not trying to reinvent the wheel; for any environmental organization to claim sole responsibility for any kind of victory is insane, because everybody attacks these problems as a group.
Ted Danson
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The essential lesson I've learned in life is to just be yourself. Treasure the magnificent being that you are and recognize first and foremost you're not here as a human being only. You're a spiritual being having a human experience.
Wayne Dyer
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We have an idea that the man should help pay for the child. But we don't have a law that says a man has to support any woman he gets pregnant. Why is that? Because she doesn't have the baby yet. But if we're going to say it's a human being, then he should be supporting her during pregnancy.
Katha Pollitt
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It costs a great deal of money to do a musical, and the more money involved, the more big business influences the artform.
Hal Price
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Eating-wise, I'm fairly disciplined. I have to be, because if you're not eating correctly, you're not giving your body the fuel it needs. So, I stay away from carbs after the morning, and I eat a lot of protein - fish, chicken, and no red meat.
Kate Levering
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It was easier to believe in the Dragon and less easy to believe in Thorin in these wild parts.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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My parents didn't want me to go into show business. They were afraid of what would happen if I didn't succeed. They wanted me to get married and have babies. I never saw marriage and family in my life.
Loretta Swit
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The first 10 years of my life, I lived as 'Matangi.' When I came to England in '86, my first week of school was terrible because I would put my hand up to answer things, and no one would choose me because they couldn't say my name. My auntie came from Europe to visit us, and she was like, 'Just call yourself something else.'
M.I.A.
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The first colours which made a strong impression on me were light juice green, white, crimson red, black and yellow ocher. These memories go back to the third year of my life. I saw these colours on various objects houses and roofs, in Russia which are not as clear in my mind as the colours themselves.
Wassily Kandinsky
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I've dated people who I thought were going to be a big deal in my life, and I've also spent long periods by myself.
Lauren Graham
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The biographer who writes the life of his subject's self-concept passes through a fade into the inner house of life.
Leon Edel
