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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Apparently 'The Office' plays in Brazil. Who would've thought that Brazilians would identify with a bunch of pasty white Scrantonians in a paper company? But the Brazilians I've met have really loved the show.
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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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Looking up and out, how can we not respect this ever-vigilant cognizance that distinguishes us: the capability to envision, to dream, and to invent? the ability to ponder ourselves? and be aware of our existence on the outer arm of a spiral galaxy in an immeasurable ocean of stars? Cognizance is our crest.
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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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The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.
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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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The question is, why are we doing so well? The answer is, I try not to think about it too much. I just do what's fun.
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Country music is the people's music. It just speaks about real life and about truth and it tells things how they really are.
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I play in front of 70,000 fans week in and week out, and I may drop the ball in practice, I may run the ball the wrong way, but once it's game time, it's game on.
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Everything looks nicer when you win. The girls are prettier. The cigars taste better. The trees are greener.
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I love teaching; I love little kids.
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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.
