Charles Eames Quotes
It is not easy to do something good, but it is extremely difficult to do something bad.
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I always suggest that when you're going through cancer to find something in your day that makes you feel centered and that makes you feel good.
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I've written a lot of really good books. Now we'll see if I can write any more good books. I mean there's a chance I won't, but I'm going to try.
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Every woman looks good in a flamenco dress.
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A good school teaches you resilience - that ability to bounce back.
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If I go into a restaurant there's a very good chance that I'm going to spend my time being the mayor. If I want to have a good time, I'm happier having dinner here.
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I wanted to make good records. But my problem is I've got a low boredom threshold, so I wanted it to look and sound different with each album, which is really tantamount to suicide, cause people lose it, they lose it - they say: 'I like that, and that's not this.'
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If I had to rank my skills, I have a long way to go before I can write a good graphic novel.
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Amalgamation is a good word that I like to use - musically and in every way.
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If everybody is doing it one way, there's a good chance you can find your niche by going exactly in the opposite direction.
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Funny is a good foil. Humor is illuminating, and it also gives you power.
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I was a very, very good congressman.
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I put a lot of pressure on myself. I think something's not good enough, and I won't stop until I feel like I've made it. I'm never satisfied.
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Beauty is in the character of a person. It's about having an interesting face and about what's inside. Anyone can take a good picture.
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A composition is always more than the sum of its parts. In other words, a really good piece of music is more than itself. It's sort of like a prism, which you can see from each facet a single totality.
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I haven't done a marathon for a long time. So we'll see. I will need good luck.
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I have a study now - I used not to. I also love working in cafes; ignoring noise is good for concentration.
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In a politically diverse nation, only by finding that common ground can we achieve results for the common good.
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It's very difficult to make a 100% turnaround. It's tough when you actually do exhibit patterns of bad behavior. You need to have a very strong support system of people who are willing to keep you in your place if you're going to overcome these things.
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The sour quality is set opposite to the bitter and the sweet, and is a good temper to all, a refreshing and cooling when the bitter and the sweet qualities are too much elevated or too preponderant.
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Marriage? It's like asparagus eaten with vinaigrette or hollandaise, a matter of taste but of no importance.
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And Percy was shaking his brother, and Ron was kneeling beside them, and Fred's eyes stared without seeing, the ghost of his last laugh still etched upon his face.
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My work at MIT had focused on what we could build in space once we had inexpensive space transportation and industrial facilities in orbit. And this led to various sorts of work in space development.
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When I find someone I respect writing about an edgy, nervous wine that dithered in the glass, I cringe. When I hear someone I don't respect talking about an austere, unforgiving wine, I turn a bit austere and unforgiving myself. When I come across stuff like that and remember about the figs and bananas, I want to snigger uneasily. You can call a wine red, and dry, and strong, and pleasant. After that, watch out....
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It is not easy to do something good, but it is extremely difficult to do something bad.
