Louis Kronenberger Quotes
One of the misfortunes of our time is that in getting rid of false shame we have killed off so much real shame as well.
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I think I am very hands-on mother. I am very strict, and my daughter keeps telling me, 'You are too hard on me,' and I keep telling her, 'I have to be hard because if I am not hard, you will not learn the lessons that I want you to learn.' I think it is really important to be that way.
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Obviously, we're focused on the Winter Classic.
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I like to sit down every day and not know where the book is going. I have no idea where the book is going to go or how it's going to end as I'm writing it.
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A lot of business can be accomplished in the state dinners.
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Steve Jobs has been right twice. The first time we got Apple. The second time we got NeXT. The Macintosh ruled. NeXT tanked. Still, Jobs was right both times.
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We are so Post-Modern that we don't realize how Post-Modern we are anymore.
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The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath.
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On a Friday night in 1983, I was in a taxi in New York riding home from dinner with friends. A drunk driver ran a red light and hit the cab, and I was thrown toward the glass partition. I tried to duck, but my face hit the glass, and the impact fractured my cheekbone, my eye socket, my collarbone and several ribs.
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There is not love where there is no will.
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Mum's a worrier, she looked after everybody apart from herself - I think it runs in the family.
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I don't talk in ifs.
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What makes Ireland inclined toward the drama is that it's a great country for conversation.
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I think every movie is its own little world, and a director certainly sets the tone.
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Starting in the 1970s, American cars started to lose market share to foreign cars. It was clear what was happening - these better-made foreign car companies were encroaching on the U.S., and the U.S. car makers had less than half of their own country's market.
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With 'posts' running in the millions, Internet message boards have become an essential part of the savvy investor's arsenal.
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I should have a better CV, and that's knocked me into believing that I have to grab these opportunities while I can.
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I have lifestyle requirements. Photos, meetings, lunches, dinners, facial care, tooth care. It requires an exorbitant amount of money.
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I respect the system out there in Hollywood, I really do, but I'm very intent on art versus commerce. I want to do it all - film, TV and theatre - if it's the right job.
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It captures a lot of the spirit of the '50s.
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I try to be as honest as I can in writing. That's what ends up translating and relating to people.
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In a sense, what we do with the regional development agencies is to give them resources to look at the deficiencies in the economy in the regional areas, so they can address themselves to that.
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After you've read a novel, you only retain a vague memory of its contents. You remember the atmosphere, the odd image or phrase or vivid cameo.
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Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.
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One of the misfortunes of our time is that in getting rid of false shame we have killed off so much real shame as well.
