Amy Vanderbilt Quotes
I am a journalist in the field of etiquette. I try to find out what the most genteel people regularly do, what traditions they have discarded, what compromises they have made.
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I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.
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I'm just a black hole for stuff. No one should ever hand me anything, because I get so easily distracted. I'll be like, 'Oh, look, something shiny!' I'm glad I never learned how to drive. I would be really dangerous.
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So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
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To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other.
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Growing up, my mother was a very strong woman who was not very big, about 5'1'', but boy, you grabbed a tiger by the tail if you messed with her. I know grown men that messed with her, and through her wit and intelligence and her no-quit, she never lost a fight. That's very influential on me when I'm telling stories. I love exploring that.
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People always worry that buying tech products today carries a risk of obsolescence. Most of the time, that fear is overblown.
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I study hard at Russian, which is a tough but most attractive language.
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I'm a really bad liar.
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It would definitely be fun to do a musical one day.
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Nobody knows me, and I hope that it stays like this.
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I'm no ethnomusicologist. There is a connection between the five-note scale used both in traditional Chinese music and the blues, but I don't really understand it. All I know is, whenever I play with Chinese musicians, we seem to belong to the same musical gene pool.
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Keep your eye on the ball.
Ford Frick
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The world has become so complex that the idea of a power in which everything comes together and can be controlled in a centralized way is now erroneous.
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Many mathematicians derive part of their self-esteem by feeling themselves the proud heirs of a long tradition of rational thinking; I am afraid they idealize their cultural ancestors.
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A wise human would have an understanding of the supply chain and how the pieces fit together. But it's against our nature to think about it.
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Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise. They willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets.
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I never doubted that I would be a good mayor. I never did.
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Caltech was a meat grinder like I could never have imagined.
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I believe it's important that we use names of endearment that reflect a special feeling for the individual involved.
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Mind you, it’s all bullshit with wine, isn’t it? It’s just f**king vinegar with a fizz, no matter what the tasters say.
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I tell people: walk around for one month and write down three problems in your life every day. At first it's easy - you got stuck in traffic, you missed your alarm - but by the end of the month you're looking really hard to get your 90 problems. The most common things on your list are now billion-dollar businesses.
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Over the years, people I've met have often asked me what I'm working on, and I've usually replied that the main thing was a book about Dresden.
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I am a journalist in the field of etiquette. I try to find out what the most genteel people regularly do, what traditions they have discarded, what compromises they have made.
