Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes

We're all well-acquainted with depression, we all know what the low moods are, but the mania was not something I knew much about. I didn't know that it would make someone dress extravagantly or start to pun, and to stay up and drink.

Jeffrey Eugenides

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DepressionDressStartSomeoneKnow

At German unification, we were lucky to get so much help from West Germany. Now, we have the good fortune of being able to help each other in Europe.

Angela Merkel

GoodHelpNowLuckyEuropeFortune

'Take Shelter' is a tough movie because there's no humor in it, so there's really no way to judge how you're doing - whether people are still with you or not.

Jeff Nichols

HumorPeopleToughJudgeDoingYou

Celebs most likely pay someone to do their makeup for events, shows, red carpets, etc. My mind is blown sometimes when I see some of the horrendous contour or the uneven foundation.

Jeffree Star

RedMindMakeupFoundationSomeone

When you're a movie star and you're young, you are always playing someone who's a better fighter, a better lover, a better everything than you.

Michael Caine

BetterSomeoneYouYoungFighter

If you embrace 'positive thinking,' you are - by definition - spurning 'negative thinking.' So it's as if you were on a teeter-totter and are trying desperately to put all your weight on one side - the 'positive thinking' side.

Srikumar Rao

PositiveNegativeThinkingYouSide

I want to be age appropriate. I don't want to be that girl you see walking away and she looks 25 and then she turns around and she looks 90.

Stevie Nicks

GirlAgeWalkingYouLooksWant

When I say I do, the justice of the peace replies, 'I know, I know...'

Mickey Rooney

JusticePeaceKnowSay

Musically, my palette is eclectic.

Luke James

MusicallyPaletteEclectic

Our food is safer and our diets are more diverse than ever before; production methods are becoming increasingly sustainable, clean and efficient; and we are constantly becoming better at protecting biodiversity.

Louise Fresco

FoodBetterMoreCleanProduction

I think we're going in the right direction.

Jason Kidd

DirectionThinkRightGoingI Think

Powerful women intimidate men. If she's a really well-known woman, she has a career, she's famous - in that case, men are really afraid.

Donatella Versace

WomenMenWomanPowerfulCareerShe

The library of my elementary school had this great biography section, and I read all of these paperback biographies until they were dog-eared. The story of Eleanor Roosevelt and Madame Curie and Martin Luther King and George Washington Carver and on and on and on.

Christine Quinn

GreatSchoolKingStoryLibrary

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