Marguerite Young Quotes
The first money I ever had was when I received an award from the American Association of University Women.
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My songs have a lot going on in them -they're packed with sounds. When I have only three or four minutes to capture something, I guess I can't stand the idea of any bar going unloved.
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Women are, in general, less shallow visually. If their man gains 10, 20 pounds, they don't care as much. But I've been with women over the years when my weight fluctuated, and they're definitely more interested physically when I am in really great shape.
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I look a certain way. I have a very specific kind of look.
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3D prefers you to use wider lenses because when things are out of focus, and yet it's in 3D, it bothers you.
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The Islamist ideology took decades to incubate within our communities, and it will take decades to debunk.
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Architecture is how the person places herself in the space. Fashion is about how you place the object on the person.
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I would ask my mother to show me how to walk - and she did show me. That's why I think it's funny when people say, 'Did so-and-so teach you how to walk?' And I always say, 'You must be talking about my mother, because it was my mother who taught me how to walk.'
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Artists look at the environment, and the best artists correctly diagnose the problem. I'm not saying artists can't be leaders, but that's not the job of art, to lead. Bob Marley, Nina Simone, Harry Belafonte - there are artists all through history who have become leaders, but that was already in them, nothing to do with their art.
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Make the wise man within you your living ideal.
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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My role models were always the Pacinos and the Oldmans, the guys who get dirty with their characters, and I arrived in L.A. during the big boom of 'Dawson's Creek.' I was getting cast as the boy next door, or the friend of the jock. I thought, 'Did I really have to do all that studying?'
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Of course, individuals vary greatly within each racial group and should be treated as such.
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I was raised by very traditional Southern parents with Southern manners. You don't air your dirty laundry to people that aren't your family or your friends. Why would I ever want to portray myself as anything other than together?
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It takes a lot of dedication to quit smoking, and whether you give up for good on your first try or have to give it a couple of tries - just keep swinging at it and you will succeed.
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Music has a tremendous effect on me. When it's playing, I can't think or do anything other than listen. But I can write to it.
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I organize my denim, leather, and dresses by color, although my jeans are pretty much just black and gray.
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I turned Compaq from a small company with troubles into a computer powerhouse. We can do the same at Intershop.
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Publishing magazines for yourself is not good business, man.
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That's the spirit in which I went to New York to be with my husband, and when I knocked on the hotel door, she opened the door as Caitlyn as we now know her - full makeup and fully dressed as a woman. So it was devastating to me to see because I had envisioned Bruce opening the door, but it was helpful in my process.
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We must teach our people the greatness of China's historical culture. In our educational program we must stress Chinese history and geography so that all may know and appreciate China's civilization of five thousand years and the far-flung boundaries of our ancient race. This will engender a greater faith in our own future.
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One of the great moments of my life was when I could write musician on my passport.
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Sudden money is going from zero to two hundred dollars a week. The rest doesn't count.
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It's important to be an ally. You don't have to be a black woman to think we should have more black women in tech.
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The first money I ever had was when I received an award from the American Association of University Women.
