Elizabeth Diller Quotes
In the 1970s, New York was known as a place of great artistic production. Slowly, my city went from a place of production to a place of consumption.
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Beethoven's importance in music has been principally defined by the revolutionary nature of his compositions. He freed music from hitherto prevailing conventions of harmony and structure.
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Neil Gaiman's 'Sandman' just rocked my world in the late '80s and early '90s. I couldn't read them fast enough.
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I said if I have a No. 1, I'll do a naked photo shoot! I'm not sure a lot of people would like to see that, but it was more to the fans, really. Every gig I do, they try to get me to take my clothes off, so it's a promise to them - if I get a No. 1, I'll happily do a naked shoot.
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I got fired for giving coffee away. It was just my regulars. I'd say, 'Don't worry about it,' and they'd put down a dollar tip. Technically, I was stealing. Ethically, I was boosting morale!
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When it comes down to it, Hillary Clinton will very much excite the Republican faithful to get out and work hard. I don't know if a similar case can be made if Obama is the candidate.
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Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.
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My greatest regret is selling my company.
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The questions don't do the damage. Only the answers do.
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I survived only a year in Berkeley, partly because I declined to sign the anticommunist loyalty oath.
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One of the most important roles of our journalists is to be watchdogs.
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On a personal level, I love the idea of hosting an awards show. I think that sounds like kind of a fun thing to do.
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I can't even be around children. It's a problem. My ovaries start screaming.
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As a mom of three young kids, it's difficult to reserve a big chunk of time for shopping, so I try to get my gifts little by little throughout the year. I think this is especially helpful for those of us who are budget conscious.
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During my theatre days, I was more comfortable doing comedy. It's such an irony. I have always played a buffoon on stage, and yet I don't have any comic role to my credit.
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There is a kind of structure for a story that was peculiarly compelling for the radio. I thought I had invented it atom-by-atom sitting in an editing booth in Washington on M Street when I was in my 20s. Then I found out that it is one of the oldest forms of telling a story - it was the structure of a sermon.
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We may define therapy as a search for value.
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There's nothing that's impossible to me. You can ask my parents.
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Make no mistake: the anti-war voices long for us to lose any war they cannot prevent.
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New York for me is about work. If L.A. were to become a West Coast version of that, I'd shoot myself. The climate, the lifestyle - it really fits as the yin to my New York yang.
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When I was 13, I had my first job with my dad carrying shingles up to the roof. And then I got a job washing dishes at a restaurant. And then I got a job in a grocery store deli. And then I got a job in a factory sweeping Cheerio dust off the ground.
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Nothing is more confused than to be ordered into a war to die or to be maimed for life without the faintest idea of what's going on.
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Laboratory experiments, field observations and atmospheric modeling calculations have now established that chemical reactions occurring on PSC particles play a central role in polar ozone depletion.
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In 'Divergent,' the story is about Beatrice Prior, and I play her brother.
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In the 1970s, New York was known as a place of great artistic production. Slowly, my city went from a place of production to a place of consumption.
