Amy Vanderbilt Quotes
When we learn to give thanks, we are learning to concentrate not on the bad things, but on the good things in our lives.
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It's obviously nerve-wracking, because I don't know the ropes really, William is obviously used to it, but I'm willing to learn quickly and work hard.
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You don't just become number one because you sing like everybody else. There is something different you bring to the table. Make sure you are constantly getting into the newest technologies. Learn the history of what you do, and always respect the ones who came before you.
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It took me years to learn that sentences in fiction must do much more than stand around and look pretty.
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I'm always trying to learn and grow, so my diet has, over the years, evolved.
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I want simply to learn about the world and live freely.
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Good investors must learn to contextualize the daily background noise.
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I think we can all learn things if we really want to. It's fascinating how that can get expedited when you have a support system around you.
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When I read about genetics, I see breakthroughs every day. And while I'm trying to learn more about behavioral science, I must say that I don't feel I get tremendous intellectual stimulation from most of the things I read.
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Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.
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You learn a whole lot more about a person if they have bad breaks and all those kind of things.
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It doesn't matter how old you are or what you do with your life, you will never stop needing your mum. And I will never stop needing mine, so thanks, Mum.
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You can never learn less, you can only learn more.
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From the time I was ten, I thought of myself as 'good with words,' thanks to a perceptive and supportive fifth grade teacher.
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I would love to learn other languages, maybe French? My uncle speaks German so maybe also German? Chinese seems to be too difficult.
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Learn to say no in situations where saying no can be difficult, where it could mean getting fired. Say no anyway, because it could lead you to greater opportunities.
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Learn the lesson that, if you are to do the work of a prophet, what you want is not a sceptre, but a hoe. The prophet does not rise to reign, but to root out the weeds.
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Renunciation - that is the great fact we all, individuals and classes, have to learn. In trying to avoid it we bring misery to ourselves and others.
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I'm a big fan of movies, but I'm a bigger fan of filmmaking itself. I fell in love with it when I was very young, and I have always loved to learn the craft, every aspect of it.
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If The Beatles or the 60's had a message, it was 'Learn to swim. And once you've learned - swim!
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Any creative process comes with a level of self-analysis and self-criticism. There's a lot of waking up in the middle of the night going, 'Oh, I wish I had done that differently.'
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The Thirties are a great mix of everyday glamour and something a bit more practical.
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Fame is ultimately about the cycles of desire and how to do away with them or manage them well.
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If you want to do it, you can do it.
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When we learn to give thanks, we are learning to concentrate not on the bad things, but on the good things in our lives.
