Kin Hubbard Quotes
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When one takes action for others, one's own suffering is transformed into the energy that can keep one moving forward; a light of hope illuminating a new tomorrow for oneself and others is kindled.
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The next step for me with the Up is how it talks with the rest of the home. It's an object that can tell the home where I am and what I'm doing.
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I was never the pretty girl at school. I'm tiny and mixed-race. I grew up in a white area. I was always the loner.
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They don't have a lot of appointment viewing. What television depends on, one thing 'Larry King Live' was - whether you liked it, didn't like it - it was appointment viewing.
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My lessons didn't come at my father's knee. Like all good lessons, they were learned from example.
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In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.
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I dislike when people try to pigeonhole me, when all I want is to do good work.
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In the Philippines, the host should always be willing to defer to the wishes of the guest.
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Sometimes, poor people don't smell too good, so love can have no nose.
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Fitness has always been one of the top priorities in my life because that's the way I grew up, with soccer being the sport of choice.
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I am the luckiest novelist in the world. I was a first-time novelist who wasn't awash in rejection slips, whose manuscript didn't disappear in slush piles. I have had a wonderful time.
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I don't mind Ryan Bader thinking he deserves a title shot.
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It's always hard to break an independent picture from the pack.
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Women have their own strengths, like fashion. In technology, we can contribute in a big way in terms of the design of the user interface.
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You know the great irony is that people think you have to have money to enjoy fine food, which is a shame.
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I want to thank Vox Media, The Verge, Recode, the 'Wall Street Journal,' and CNBC for giving me a voice.
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I'm not going to be doing anything to hurt myself or my fans.
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Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.
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Architecture is, to a certain extent, a sensual gratification. It addresses itself to the eye, and affords the best scope for the parade of barbaric pomp and splendour. It is the form in which the revenues of a semi-civilized people are most likely to be lavished. The most gaudy and ostentatious specimens of it, and sometimes the most stupendous, have been reared by such hands. It is one of the first steps in the great march of civilization.
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Doing animation is closer to pretending than anything else you get to do. It's much more like when you're a kid putting on a character.
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If I was into politics, I would be rich.
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If you have 8-foot ceilings, you'll want a low sofa, which gives the impression that the ceiling is taller than it is. In a room with a high ceiling, you want a high-back sofa to be a weighty presence that can hold up to the room.
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Chinese people have that superstitious fix - people always do feng shui when they are opening a shop; even the Hong Kong Shanghai Bank pays people to do feng shui for them.
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Ther's still a few honest folks left but they never seem t' find anything you lose.
