A. J. Jacobs Quotes
Giulia Melucci has written a wonderfully funny and moving book. It's like Eat, Pray, Love, with recipes.
Quotes to Explore
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The first movie I really clicked with was 'Die Hard' when I was 6 years old, which is crazy that I was watching it that young. That was the one that made me want to become an actor.
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Hollywood, the business, would be just fine if someone were to destroy the Hollywood sign. The city's there is the airport - its point of entry and exit, and in some ways its identity.
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One of the things I wonder is whether it's good that the whole free model makes a lot of people listen to more of your music. I'm wondering if it devalues it, it becomes disposable, because you can get it so easily.
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Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future.
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A stronger yuan could lead to greater Chinese asset accumulation in the U.S. and elsewhere.
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A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend.
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Our goal definitely isn't to sell Stripe.
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I love the way girls in London dress; it's so different to the American 'blow-dry and immaculate grooming' thing.
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It's hard for people sometimes to relate to me. They weren't in the military, they weren't injured overseas in Iraq, they weren't burned, they didn't go through 33 surgeries, or two and a half years in the hospital.
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The good romances are as good as anything.
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Be your true self. Because if you're not, there are consequences to be paid.
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I'm gonna make my records, whether I release them as Bleachers or something else.
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Our music has been an incredible gift to help us make a difference.
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O what is life, if we must hold it thus as wind-blown sparks hold momentary fire?
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Whether it's threats to Medicare, cuts in education spending, or Internet privacy, the ramifications got young people out to vote and should be enough to keep them involved in our political system.
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I used to always buy clothes too big, but I should have showed off instead of covering up.
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If we were handling a bomb which could go off at any minute as a result of our actions, we would mind ourselves and be delicate. Our words have the same power, yet we wield them around as though they were powerless and insignificant.
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It feels nice to be loved, but let me tell you there are 10 times more better looking, stylish and talented guys than me. So there's no solid reason for me to be proud! I don't think I have done anything extraordinary to change people's lives.
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Now there is one outstandingly important fact regarding Spaceship Earth, and that is that no instruction book came with it.
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A lot of people think theatre must be much harder work than film, but anything histrionic or superfluous gets seen on camera so you have to work to distil it into a complete sense of what's true.
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Together we can and must fight for justice for our children and protect them from draconian tax cuts and budget choices that threaten their survival, education and preparation for the future. If they are not ready for tomorrow, neither is America.
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I just don't skimp on TV. Even if I'm exhausted and so tired and it's 12 A.M. and a Sunday night, I'll still watch Game of Thrones. I will stay up, and I will watch it. I totally screw my sleep schedule up.
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Giulia Melucci has written a wonderfully funny and moving book. It's like Eat, Pray, Love, with recipes.
