Leona Helmsley Quotes
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We must strive to become good ancestors.
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The deadliest foe to virtue would be complete self-knowledge.
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Hopefully, 21 years later, Judge Roberts possesses an openness with respect to issues of gender-based wage discrimination.
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Every year is pressure. You need to put in on yourself to go out and perform.
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I'm not very good at being domesticated. I've tried. The domestic life I find claustrophobic - the rituals and habits and patterns.
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We didn't push the Russians to intervene, but we knowingly increased the probability that they would.
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We'll always be fascinated by people who live above the law.
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The beauty of a Moroccan riad is undeniable, but even the most die-hard fan may find herself growing a little weary of what can come to feel like a one-size-fits-all aesthetic: tilework, white Berber rugs, woolen tribal throw pillows in reds and ochers, cut-metal lanterns.
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Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.
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It drives me crazy when your parents try to read your mind. It's even worse when they try to read your mail.
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Life's a challenge, but that's the best part.
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I don't have a definition for depression. I'm productive, and that's not a sign of depression, right? And I don't have weeks where I don't leave my bed. It seems like depressed people have those.
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The '90s are really the 'Sex and the City' woman, and I think, right now, the new contemporary woman is the 'Lipstick Jungle' woman.
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I really didn't intend to be a musician when I left Japan.
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I have a ship's bed, which totally plays to my obsession of, if I were not an actress, I would be a pirate.
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I would love to be able to see as much of the world as possible, and volunteering, doing things in another community, living with a host family, are really effective ways to learn about cultures different from your own. And also to not feel lazy.
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I went to my boss, and I said, 'Look, I'd like to design these ties because I think they could be new.' He said, 'The world isn't ready for Ralph Lauren.' I never forgot that because... I thought that was a compliment.
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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, he who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.
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It's irrelevant who or what directed a movie; the important thing is that you either respond to it or you don't.
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Only twice have I really had a hard time leaving a character. The first was my character in 'Rome' and then in 'Homeland.'
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Happiness isn't a position. It's a trajectory.
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I can’t pretend to have worked my way up through adversity. I need the money not for food like other people, but to prove that I’m worth something. Jaws freed me to discover that a successful movie didn’t make a damn bit of difference to my life.
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'You think I'm kidding?' the pilot asked.'No, we think you're crazy.'
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Money enhances a man, yes, as beauty enhances a woman.
