Leonard Lauder Quotes
When you live in the shadow of a big tree, you have to run twice as fast to get into the sunlight.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm not an A student; I'm not even a B student, but I've gotten a lot better with the reading because of texts. And I can voice-text and say whatever I want to people.
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If even in science there is no a way of judging a theory but by assessing the number, faith and vocal energy of its supporters, then this must be even more so in the social sciences: truth lies in power.
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Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary's eyes, and Mary was blind.
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I turned down a lot of films.
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Orchestra had a little brass ensemble on two tracks as well, but the rest was me. I knew I couldn't continue in this direction, even if people liked it, because I can only duplicate myself.
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I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.
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I got into the race and people literally laughed. They thought I had no chance of winning.
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The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.
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Humility is the gateway into the grace and the favor of God.
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Yes, my parents are strict about me having a childhood. I go ice skating and sledding, and swimming in the summer.
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Dr. Dre, my oldest brother, he paved the way for me and Snoop to get a chance to get into the studio. I asked him to show me how to work the MPC-60... I was about maybe 17, 18, right around there.
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If major companies sourcing in developing countries care only about price and quality, local suppliers will be lured to cut corners on environmental standards to win contracts.
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I lost 80 percent of my wealth and then gave away over half of the rest. So I'm a man of modest means now. But if you budget carefully and watch your expenditures, you can get by on a couple billion dollars.
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I just want to be myself and be real and be funny.
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I know I am a writer; it is the only thing I am sure of.
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I try to just talk about human stories and what I think about religion or teapots or whatever.
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I decided to build a studio in my house. We built it in my basement kitchen. I had the drummer up by the fish tank. I was in the toilet singing. The bass player was out by the shelves in the living room, and the guitarist was on the couch by the telly.
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If I take a less defensive tone, I'd admit that I couldn't write today a very jazzy, contemporary look at America as I did in 1979 in States of Desire.
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Yes, I am seeking a husband. As soon as the right man asks me, I shall say, 'It is not good for a woman to live alone.'
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When I first got sick, they told me I had a year to live, and I was writing my memoir really fast. There were really weird things happening with my nervous system and my heart and stuff, and it didn't look like I was gonna make it, so I was writing really fast, and then I couldn't write anymore.
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I've spent most of my life doing some sort of exercise, but I've learned to never push myself into doing it. I know that when I am up for it I will, and when I'm not in the mood to, I don't make myself feel badly over it.
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I'm a big fan of David Attenborough, who I think is the most adventurous of the nature program presenters.
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When you live in the shadow of a big tree, you have to run twice as fast to get into the sunlight.
