Amity Shlaes Quotes
Seems like Americans just want it to be Halloween all year. The holiday just keeps getting more popular.
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I'm not comparing myself at all to him, but I like the idea that Ernest Hemingway always wrote about certain things he knew, he knew the ins and outs, back to fronts of what he was talking about. I love that as an inspiration for myself, to keep it true to what you know.
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I made a name for myself as someone who is determined to swim against the stream if it's dirty.
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We no longer dare to believe in beauty and we make of it a mere appearance in order the more easily to dispose of it.
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I think in this, definitely, because you are feeling how it felt to live in a completely different time. The mannerisms and the way that people behaved was quite different.
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When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
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I've never met a woman who thinks they've got a good enough figure - however perfect they look - which is sad, because no one else can see these perceived flaws; they're entirely internal.
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When we were growing up, women in their late 40s generally didn't dye their hair.
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I sound like a chain-smoking drag queen after a hard night of singing 'Tie a Yellow Ribbon'.
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If being a woman is a factor politically, it's usually not because of a conscious bias, but because women are a novelty.
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No one wants to work with a difficult star. I want to be the nice guy.
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It's like the brooding hen sitting over a china egg.
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I usually prepare a track, and then I work with the artist when it's time to do the vocals.
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You just can't bifurcate bitcoin currency from the technology. Bitcoin will always need a monetary base.
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My father used to tell me about how musicians don't have respect from people and he was afraid about my future.
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When poverty shows itself, even mischievous boys understand what it means.
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The director's job should give you a sense of music without drawing attention to itself.
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It's an endless proving of myself, that I really am a musician, that I have something to offer in the room. That women can be musicians, women can be rock stars, women can be more than an objectified idea of a pop star.
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The ingestion of brain-altering chemicals - legal or illegal - cannot be categorized as good stewardship of our earthly lives.
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I don't know what people find or like in me, I'm hopelessly commonplace! Current appreciation of my work is a bit highbrow, I've always considered myself a popular artist.
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Albert Camus, a great humanist and existentialist voice, pointed out that to commit to a just cause with no hope of success is absurd. But then, he also noted that not committing to a just cause is equally absurd. But only one choice offers the possibility for dignity. And dignity matters. Dignity matters.
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Well, most grown-ups forget what it was like to be a kid. I vowed that I would never forget.
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I never really try to over-promote myself; I never have.
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Seems like Americans just want it to be Halloween all year. The holiday just keeps getting more popular.
