Leonard Lauder Quotes
My mother always used to say when picking up a product, 'Would you give this to the Duchess of Windsor?' Well, that's lovely. But the Duchess of Windsor is dead.
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The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.
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I'm a paleoanthropologist, and my job is to define man's place in nature and explore what makes us human.
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I feel optimistic about how heterogeneous societies pull together. We just have to keep on with the struggle.
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Iraq did not spontaneously opt for disarmament. They did it as part of a ceasefire, so they were forced to do it, otherwise the war might have gone on. So the motivation has been very different.
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All I've done all my life is disobey.
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I always like to have a buffer between me and journalism in general. Not just a reporter, but journalism.
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I buy so much fake jewelry, it's funny. It's not real. I don't wear real diamonds or anything.
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God does arithmetic.
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Most importantly, nothing has happened to change my conviction that freedom and the love of liberty remain the essential defining attributes of our national character as a people.
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Some of the most amazing people I've met in life are cops.
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Connecting with people is not hard. I love the interaction and the feedback after shows. It does take some time, but the fans appreciate it which makes it worth it.
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I feel that we, as Indians, have a knack for loving a stereotypical, sobbing, sympathy-seeking personality. I feel that we need to promote quirky, cool and youthful talent. We have to stop propagating the sob-story angle of celebs, where they try to be larger-than-life. That is very outdated. It is so boring that it puts you to sleep.
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All I have to do to continue to make things work is make great records, and that's more important than having a crazy master plan.
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I try to stick to a certain diet all the time, and then when I feel like a reward, I have it. I try to stick to no dairy, no sugar, no wheat.
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Companies often visit my office, or invite me to theirs, to brief me on new products, Web sites, or software before they are released - usually a few weeks or days ahead of time. I don't review most of these products.
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But I have had the luxury of working on good films with great people.
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If it seems like you're doing work when you're acting, then you're doing something wrong.
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I have no doubt that aggressively going after wrongdoing can result in real improvement. Fewer wrongdoers in city government means more honest employees; it means better city services; it means more efficient government. And punishing wrongdoing can have a strong ripple effect that deters others from going down the wrong path.
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I used to tell my three younger siblings stories because that was my household chore, and I told long stories in installments because it was easier and more fun than making up a new story every night. I loved it.
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In 200 years will people remember us as traitors or heros? That is the question we must ask.
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Is it really not possible to touch the gaming table without being instantly infected by superstition?
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My mother always used to say when picking up a product, 'Would you give this to the Duchess of Windsor?' Well, that's lovely. But the Duchess of Windsor is dead.
