Alex Weisman Quotes
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A healthy economics has got to have both conceptual, theoretical research and applied, empirical research.
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An incredibly high percentage of successful entrepreneurs are dyslexic. That's one of the little-known facts.
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Virtually every society that survived did so by socializing its sons to be disposable. Disposable in war; disposable in work. We need warriors and volunteer firefighters, so we label these men heroes.
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I've never wanted to live in a ghetto or write in a ghetto. I want to write about a world that reflects the one most people live in. Gay people are just one aspect of that.
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I met Mos Def around that time but I didn't hook up with him until I was about 17 or 18.
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I am not going to talk about my personal life anymore. You have to learn that lesson sometime.
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Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.
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We are all born mad. Some remain so.
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The reality is that I spent years in the factories in Italy when I first set up Jimmy Choo. Today, everyone who has a job at Jimmy Choo, I've done their job - right down to the cleaner.
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The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves.
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To complain is always nonacceptance of what is. It invariably carries an unconscious negative charge. When you complain, you make yourself into a victim. When you speak out, you are in your power. So change the situation by taking action or by speaking out if necessary or possible; leave the situation or accept it. All else is madness.
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When I hold something that's radioactive, it's kind of an indescribable feeling. It's kind of like when I'm with my girlfriend.
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Not every song has to be about love and tenderness, sometimes you have those strictly physical feelings for somebody and it's okay to have those feelings.
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When it comes to landing a good job, many people focus on the role. Although finding the right title, position, and salary is important, there's another consideration that matters just as much: culture.
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The problem with listening to music today is that there's so much of it everywhere. We've got used to hearing music without actually listening to it.
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It never crossed my mind to be a director, and I'll tell you why: because I'm a woman. It just didn't occur to me, but I knew I had to be in film.
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Sometimes, things just fall into your lap, and that's pretty incredible.
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Sometimes, I wake up and the skies are grey and everything's horrible.
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Who told you I was a musician?
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I always feel in movies, I don't know if it's because I'm jaded, but I always feel like we don't go far enough.
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I'm about to graduate senior year and I don't know what I'm going to do. I don't want to lose the momentum with what I'm doing now as an actress.
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Do we always, always to the point of misery, do a thing?
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No one leaves the edit room thinking, 'Yeah, I nailed that one!' Everyone I know goes into their first premiere or their first screening thinking, 'I screwed up so bad. I'm sorry, I messed up.' It's just a real common feeling.
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When you're starting out, say yes to everything you can.
