Amity Shlaes Quotes
In my view, if you have one in 10 unemployed - something is wrong with the economy whether you call it recession or not.
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The characters are always the focal point of a book for me, whether I'm writing or reading. I may enjoy a book that has an intriguing mystery or a good plot, but to become one of my real favorites, it has to have great characters.
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I'm not very good in crowds, so I usually try to become as small as possible.
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I had cottage cheese for lunch and a glass of wine when I got home tonight.
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Getting a great idea with song writing is a lot like love. You don't know why this one is different, but it is. You don't know why this one is better, but it is. It sticks in your head, and you can't stop thinking about it.
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Fools are more to be feared than the wicked.
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Time is change; we measure its passing by how much things alter.
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TV news is what you want it to be, and if you want it to be different, take a look at what you watch.
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Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time in essays.
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In my view, the first requirement for success for an entrepreneur is to dream big. The second aspect that prevents entrepreneurs from succeeding is fear of failure.
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Listen: I like my bikinis very small, and I also like, uh, nude-colored bikinis because people double-take - they think I'm naked on the beach.
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When I come home, I'm just Maisie, and everywhere I go, I'm just Maisie!
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When I was taken to the concentration camp of Auschwitz, a manuscript of mine ready for publication was confiscated. Certainly, my deep desire to write this manuscript anew helped me to survive the rigors of the camps I was in.
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I played guitar and bass. I didn't do much vocals, although I did have one band where I was the lead singer. But that was when I was in college.
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I went to the Hall of Fame with my dad. I can't say I really remember too much about it.
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We are sleeping on a volcano... A wind of revolution blows, the storm is on the horizon.
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I mistrust illuminations: what we take for a discovery is very often only a familiar thought that we have not recognized.
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When I put my faith in Jesus Christ as my savior, and I asked him to forgive and to come into my life, and He does - from that moment forward I have established a personal relationship with God that I have to develop, you know, through Bible reading and prayer, and living my life for him.
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My feeling is that you should try to do the things you enjoy most in life. I chose acting as a career because I enjoyed it then as I do now. The only question for me then was, 'Can I make a living at it?'
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The whole thing was done for internal political reasons to galvanize and unify the country against the Americans, and if they hadn't had that immediate opportunity they would have found another one.
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Unlike the primate hand, the elephant's grasping organ is also its nose. Elephants use their trunks not only to reach food but also to sniff and touch it. With their unparalleled sense of smell, the animals know exactly what they are going for. Vision is secondary.
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We are taught all this the motion of the earth on its axis and around the sun by the order of succession, in which those phenomena (various planetary happenings) follow each other, and by the harmony of the world, if we will only, as the saying goes, look at the matter with both eyes.
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Being able to scream at the top of my lungs in front of people is very therapeutic. It is a great gift for me to be able to do that.
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Men who can succeed in deceiving no one else will succeed at last in deceiving themselves.
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In my view, if you have one in 10 unemployed - something is wrong with the economy whether you call it recession or not.
