Max Lerner Quotes

In our rich consumers' civilization we spin cocoons around ourselves and get possessed by our possessions.

Max Lerner

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 20, 1902 - June 5, 1992

Topics

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To me, sci-fi has the most amazing style.

John Gourley

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Life is all about evolution. What looks like a mistake to others has been a milestone in my life. Even if people have betrayed me, even if my heart was broken, even if people misunderstood or judged me, I have learned from these incidents. We are human and we make mistakes, but learning from them is what makes the difference.

Amisha Patel

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Any society that starts forbidding certain words or expressions is a society you should be wary about, whether it's the KGB or social consensus that enforces it.

Stellan Skarsgard

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My whole adolescence has been on 'Game of Thrones;' I don't know what I'm going to do without it.

Sophie Turner

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I began playing in the Pacific Coast Indoor Tennis Championships.

Tracy Austin

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You cannot create new science unless you realize where the old science leaves off and new science begins, and science fiction forces us to confront this.

Michio Kaku

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A thing that really troubles me about a more polarized society is that you stop having a sense of society and citizenship.

Chrystia Freeland

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I never really enjoyed getting a portfolio together then sending it out; whereas, putting up the website is quite an enjoyable experience. The net's just a much faster and more modern way to distribute things, and you have to embrace it.

Anton Corbijn

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You can only mentor somebody if they want to be.

Phil Ramone

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The best thing I could say is you do have to be a really good listener. If I go to a family reunion, and there's 400 people there, everybody comes up and tells me their stories, right? And I think that when you're a good listener, and you can imagine how someone's talking, dialogue is your key friend, is it not?

Susan Straight

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Brands started calling me out of the blue as I racked up over 5 million views on YouTube. And now I make my living being what they call a 'lifestyle and travel influencer.'

Shenaz Treasury

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The U.S. uses most of its oil for transportation. We can limit U.S. demand for oil by requiring automakers to use the technology that already exists to improve fuel economy - technology that the automakers refuse to bring into the market despite societal demand.

Sherwood Boehlert

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