Edward Sapir Quotes
Human beings do not wish to be modest; they want to be as expressive - that is, as immodest - as fear allows; fashion helps them solve that paradoxical problem.Edward Sapir
Quotes to Explore
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Bin Laden was born filthy rich and died in a rich man's house, which he had painstakingly built to the highest specifications.
Salman Rushdie -
I hate horror movies! I avoid them like the plague. I don't like getting scared.
Danai Gurira -
We're seeing quite a lot of people who really would like a return to class-based politics.
Patricia Hewitt -
My father had a flourishing business as a publisher in North India.
Manoj Bhargava -
India is an important market for Ericsson, not only as a telecom market but also as a global hub for R&D.
Hans Vestberg -
I never figured I'd go into the Hall of Fame. A kid from the Hill.
Yogi Berra
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My passion for giving is no different than yours. I give because it's in my heart to give. I give because I was taught to give at a very early age. This is how I developed my passion for giving.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee -
I don't agree with all-male leaderships. Men cannot be left to run things on their own. I think it's a thoroughly bad thing to have a men-only leadership.
Harriet Harman -
We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems themselves were enough.
Carl Sandburg -
We all need to slow down and go to acupuncture.
Tamara Ecclestone -
It's true that every leader needs followers. We can't all be nonconformists at every moment, but conformity is dangerous - especially for an entity in formation.
Adam Grant -
Good material is good material.
J. K. Simmons
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I see myself as extremely lucky.
Cal Ripken, Jr. -
My favorite weekend activity is riding bikes to breakfast.
Halston Sage -
Unless you're a big movie star, regular television work is going to bring you more exposure than anything. Everybody has a television; not everybody goes to the movies.
G. W. Bailey -
First and foremost, I feel very lucky to have the family I have, so I would like my family to stay happy and healthy.
Victoria Beckham Spice Girls -
I was raised in the '70s, and I've worked with people I love, and I've been on sets with my parents, with people who run a set and require of actors a sense of liberty and freedom and exploration and failure into brave achievement.
Laura Dern -
Filmmaking is a much more collaborative thing than literature, so you know you're going to be working with a group of people at the start. You know it's going to be a compromise.
Irvine Welsh
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I like to wear shoes that are cool but also practical. The same goes for bags. Your bag is a big deal in New York. You can't just carry around a little clutch, because you don't have a car or anywhere to stash things during the day, so you need to carry your whole life with you. That's why I like big, chunky bags with lots of compartments.
Zoe Kravitz -
I had breast cancer.
Jessica St. Clair -
Some things feel really good to sing: there's a physical aspect, but there's more to it - a deeper place you go to.
Alison Krauss -
I feel like if you really know the ending right from the beginning, you can add so many subtleties and little things later that will pay off and be more consistent and more rewarding for the reader.
Jeff Lemire -
I have found it is surprisingly difficult to remain sad when a cat is doing its level best to sandpaper one's cheeks.
Robin LaFevers -
Human beings do not wish to be modest; they want to be as expressive - that is, as immodest - as fear allows; fashion helps them solve that paradoxical problem.
Edward Sapir