Edward Tufte Quotes
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You cannot do only one thing.
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I talk about myself in the third person all the time. I don't live my life in the way someone like you does. I live my life completely serving only my work and my fans.
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I'm just being me on Instagram, and that's what I love about it. It's definitely personal, and it's, like, no one in my team would ever get my password for my Instagram. Like, that's a no-no.
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Nothing is as frustrating as arguing with someone who knows what he's talking about.
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I don't want to be competing in a sport where I feel that I'm here not on my talent and my hard work but because of a piece of equipment.
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I strongly believe that crossing the aisle for the good of the American people is more important than party politics.
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I think if they put a laugh track on 'Intervention,' it would be funny.
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I'm good at utilising body parts as letters.
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I've seen the greatest actors in the world, transcendent talents, who can't find a home.
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I don't have a competitive bone in my body, so the last thing I want to do is be competing with people.
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Nobody should teach the black man in America to turn the other cheek, unless someone is teaching the white man in America to turn the other cheek.
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Whether slavery shall go into Nebraska, or other new territories, is not a matter of exclusive concern to the people who may go there. The whole nation is interested that the best use shall be made of these territories. We want them for the homes of free white people.
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Working on the accent helped, enormously. I will tell you that when I brought Michael a correct 'British' accent, one that my dialect coach was happy with, he hated it.
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There the wild animals wandered and fed as though they were in a pasture that stretched much farther than a man could see, and there were no settlers. Only Indians lived there.
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I am not a fashion freak!
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The scariest thing about receiving praise at a young age is the fear of burning out or losing it, or proving people right that you were just a novelty. Obviously, I can see mistakes in things that I've done or said and can see flaws in things I've made, but that's just part of growing.
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I've been coaching how many years? A long time.
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The first thing one notices about Jill Abramson is her short stature. The second is her intensity.
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I love Australia, and I especially love those rugby players.
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The conservative position that all spending is evil obliterates any distinction between investment and consumption, between the long-term and the short-term.
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Lets make no mistake about this: The American Dream starts with the neigborhoods. If we wish to rebuild our cities, we must first rebuild our neighborhoods. And to do that, we must understand that the quality of life is more important than the standard of living.
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Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all the time thing. You don't win once in a while... you don't do things right once in a while... you do them right all the time. Winning is habit.
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The characters that populate my books are global nomads in their own right, keeping multiple homes around the world and constantly jet-setting to new places.
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A curious consequence is that I have become a minor celebrity.