Elfriede Jelinek Quotes
For the first thing a proprietor learns, and painfully at that, is: Trust is fine, but control is better.
Elfriede Jelinek
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Across the Atlantic, in the scattered, far-flung, rural settlements of colonial America, hospitality had become a central concern, and hostesses, like peacocks displaying their iridescent plumage, tried to outdo one another with their creative food displays.
Kate Christensen
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If you saw pictures of me as a kid, you'd laugh because I was always in football kit.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson
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History is full of examples of regimes that were oppressing at home and aggressive abroad, and I can't think of too many liberal democracies engaging in counterfeiting, drug running, missile proliferation, and just about any other illegal activity you can think of as North Korea does.
Ed Royce
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Proust is a huge author for me.
Rachel Kushner
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One of my favourite exhibitions is called 'Do It,' which I co-curated with the artists Christian Boltanski and Bertrand Lavier 21 years ago.
Hans-Ulrich Obrist
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I just think that if one is going to preach nonviolence and one is going to advocate for nonviolence, one's standard should be consistent.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
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When I was a kid, I had serious athlete's foot and nosebleeds.
Ken Kercheval
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I motivate others by making sure that they understand to go after their dreams and don't let anyone tell you you can't. If you are motivated enough and put the work in that you can achieve anything in life that you set your mind to.
Magic Johnson
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What makes me most happy is connecting with others. I love meeting new people, being social, and engaging in empowering discussions.
Gabrielle Bernstein
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With little wit and ease to suit them, They whirl in narrow circling trails, Like kittens playing with their tails.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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I'm a relatively cheap person who, to me, it's not cool to overspend; it's cool to get a great deal.
Lil Dicky
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For the first thing a proprietor learns, and painfully at that, is: Trust is fine, but control is better.
Elfriede Jelinek