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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I'm just going to have fun. Maybe that will be the most important thing to do.
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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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'Boyz-n-the-Hood' was actually supposed to be written for Eazy's group. He had a group out in New York called Home Boys Only, called HBO. One of them looked like LL Cool J. Eazy wanted to write a song for them, a street song, like what we were doing on the mix tapes. So when I wrote it, it was too West Coast for them.
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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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My standard uniform is a T-shirt and jeans.
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I just love to play music. I enjoy it more than anything. I enjoy it more than drinking with my friends in the pub. I'd much prefer to be playing live and playing the piano - playing is one of the most enjoyable things I do and I live for it. So it's very rare that I'd not be up for it. I'm very lucky to have something that I love so much; I don't know what I'd do without it.
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I never really did abandon my true self. It's not like I invented this imaginary person and started to be her.
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Nothing like a lot of exercise to make you realize you'd rather be lazy and dead sooner.
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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.
