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Life is messy and gloriously imperfect, and some signs of wear and tear indicate a well-loved, well-used home.
Writing shouldn't come between the reader and what's being described. It should be as transparent as possible.
Beyond this vale of tears there is a life above. unmeasured by the flight of years; and all that life is love.
You are all right on time, except for the fact that time is the enemy of us all, and especially of the writer.
Of one thing there is no doubt: if Paris makes demands of the heart, then Munich makes demands of the stomach.
Government is promoting bad behavior... Do we really want to subsidize the losers' mortgages? This is America!
No, traditions and norms aren't rules in the Constitution. There's a difference between a tradition and a law.
I know how important it is to drink water, but plain H2O bores me to death, so I inevitably end up dehydrated.
There's that old adage about how there's only seven plots in the world and Shakespeare's done them all before.
Whenever a free man is in chains we are threatened also. Whoever is fighting for liberty is defending America.
Satin and lace and brown velvet and the faint odor of violets. That was all which was left to him of his love.
Ernest Hemingway was always uneasy in New York and liked being there less than in any other city he frequented.
Each day was a challenge of enjoyment, and he [Hemingway] would plan it out as a field general plans a campign.
I can't remember any text of mine where I said that one should fight Hitler without violence; I'm not an idiot.
In comedy timing is everything, but Betty White is the rarest of comics who seems to have mastered time itself.
The first Chanel jacket that I saw - that I knew was Chanel - was on TV. It was on Mrs. Kennedy - the pink one.
It's very difficult for designers today. How can someone produce so many shows? Now the minimum is four a year.
The most important thing is posture: when you get old, it's the way you walk, the way you stand, that shows it.
The American system of political spending is so unregulated that it might make Adam Smith rethink free markets.
There is another reason journalists like to drink and eat together: they simply cannot think of better company.
Let us hope, that a kind Providence will put a speedy end to the acts of God under which we have been laboring.
In film schools of the future, professors will teach 'Tammy' as an object lesson in Making Everything Go Wrong.
I don't believe anyone should ignore all the fires around you and stand pat and not worry about getting singed.
Genius attracts more hate than love and more disrespect than respect; at least for the first few hundred years.
If you think all the time every day of your life, you might as well kill yourself today and be happier tomorrow.
Naturally, I’ve always been mad about clothes. You don’t get born in Paris to forget about clothes for a minute.
Plastic surgery is such a displacement. If people feel good in their skin, then they're beautiful, end of story.
You desire to be learned, wealthy, and great, without labor; it is one of the follies still extant in the world.
Humans are the reproductive organs of technology. We multiply manufactured artifacts and spread ideas and memes.
I'd like to see women get on to boards and run companies despite the fact that men occupy the citadels of power.
If you think the country is a bastion only of nasty tendencies and racism and oppression, that is anti-American.
I started trading around 1979, fresh out of college. In the early '90s, I started guesting for major news media.
There's so much to say, the human race will be extinct long before everything which could be said has been said.
We think of stars as celestial beings. And once in a while, they smile at us from the pages of 'People' magazine.
In capital we trust. Capital is our savior, our holy grail, our fountain of youth, or at least health, for banks.
I need a lot of black on my eyes and a little shot of vodka to be brave, because you're beautiful when you relax.
There are certain models who might not be considered beautiful. I think personality is more important than looks.
When you give a lot of confidence in people and you don't get it back, you are a bit disappointed, but it's life.
The next time you make a snap judgment about a situation, take a few moments to understand an opposing viewpoint.
Still, my dream in life is to come home and think of absolutely nothing. After all, you can’t think all the time.
Since a relationship involves two members investing in it, its value increases twice as fast as one's investment.
The way that organizations and organisms anticipate the future is by taking signals from the past, most the time.
Fears don't exist in isolation. They tend to rise and fall depending on what people think they can do about them.
When I see a paragraph shrinking under my eyes like a strip of bacon in a skillet, I know I'm on the right track.
I don't tolerate whining, I look at people & say 'you're a victim, it's not your fault' figure our how to survive!
I think the 'Harpers Bazaar' woman is not a fashion victim; she understands fashion but is not a victim, you know.
Whenever you are questioning a person's desire for something, consider what he does, not necessarily what he says.
Two roses on one slender spray In sweet communion grew, Together hailed the morning ray And drank the evening dew.
Who that hath ever been Could bear to be no more? Yet who would tread again the scene He trod through life before?
When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I begin to think of the victims of intact ones.