Elaine Sciolino Quotes
The position of vice president does not exist in France; neither does a role comparable that of the first lady of the United States.
Quotes to Explore
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It is time that scientists and other public intellectuals observed that the contest between faith and reason is zero-sum.
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I feel like one thing that a lot of creative people go through is that they feel like they don't have the right to be creative or to put their stuff out there. I'm glad that blogging from a young age kind of got that out of the way for me.
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Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.
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Anybody who plays the stock market not as an insider is like a man buying cows in the moonlight.
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You lay out a plan and - say a three-year plan or a two-year plan - and say, 'This is what we can do. We can do the transportation packages, like the highway bill and the water bill, and we can do some of these other areas - a farm bill - whatever it is, we lay out a schedule, and we put that committee to work to do that.'
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I have always believed that life is too short for rows and disagreements. Even if I think I'm right, I would prefer to apologize and remain friends rather than win and be an enemy.
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The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself.
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I must stick with Chinese language films.
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I work with some of the funniest writers in the country.
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A hard man is good to find.
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We're not earthly beings any more... we're cosmic beings.
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One of the jobs of a manager is to instill confidence, pump confidence into your people. And when you've got somebody who's raring to go and you can smell it and feel it, give 'em that shot.
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A lot of people ask me, 'How did you have the courage to walk up to record labels when you were 12 or 13 and jump right into the music industry?' It's because I knew I could never feel the kind of rejection that I felt in middle school. Because in the music industry, if they're gonna say no to you, at least they're gonna be polite about it.
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There are just so many funny kids and teenagers. They're just not aware of how funny they are.
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Almost everything I do is related to being fat.
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Wherever I go meeting the public... spreading a message of human values, spreading a message of harmony, is the most important thing.
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With acting, I started very young, and I'd performed for a lot of children in boarding schools, late at night after the dormitory lights were out. I'd have a flashlight, and I'd be Count Dracula, or Shakespeare, or Yogi Bear, and leap from bunk to bunk. I loved the laughter; I liked the way it made people feel.
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Fishes do not roar; they cannot express any sound of suffering; and therefore the angler chooses to think they do not suffer, more than it is convenient for him to fancy. Now it is a poor sport that depends for its existence on the want of a voice in the sufferer, and of imagination in the sportsman.
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At 22, I had something I loved to do - make pizza - and something I was good at: running a business.
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When you first break into the music scene, everyone is so naive. I was only nineteen when i started happening whith 'Charly' and I was so into the rave scene - apart from hip hop, I was blind to everything else.
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I've had so many different influences musically, even from people who aren't even musicians. If you're inspired by someone and you document it musically, then they are your influence.
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People often don't believe me when they first meet me and I tell them I'm a judoka. I then show them my arms, which speak for themselves.
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The sin of Kibr (arrogance) is actually worse than many of the sins that we would be advising [other] people about.
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The position of vice president does not exist in France; neither does a role comparable that of the first lady of the United States.
