Amor Towles Quotes

While I began writing 'Rules of Civility' in 2006, the genesis of the book dates back to the early 1990s, when I happened upon a copy of 'Many Are Called,' the collection of portraits that Walker Evans took on the New York City subways in the late 1930s with a hidden camera.

Amor Towles

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It may be that everything the life science companies are telling us will turn out to be right, and there's no problem here whatsoever. That defies logic.

Jeremy Rifkin

LifeScienceLogicProblemWillOut

I think that, as a person, Beethoven talks to everyone in different ways.

Andris Nelsons

ThinkPersonEveryoneDifferentWays

To survive, men and business and corporations must serve.

John Henry Patterson

BusinessMenSurviveServeMust

I would love to direct but I feel like directing is a whole separate craft and so I tend to respect it as a separate craft that I would need to study first. So, right now I'm still trying to do certain things as an actor and until I get bored of that or I feel completely fed by that then I'll move into directing.

Michael Ealy

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I know easyJet is not luxury, but we certainly don't charge for wheelchairs or take away essentials. You have to make the passengers reasonably comfy for the sake of health.

Stelios Haji-Ioannou

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I love to cook and I know a lot of people watching love those segments, but so often they feel rushed to me. If we give 'em a bit more time to breathe, people will get more out of them.

Tony Danza

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John F. Kennedy, the man I had thought would define the political ideal for the rest of my days, was suddenly gone in the senseless violence of a single moment.

Tom Brokaw

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At various times in my undercover career I had either a full beard, a short-cropped beard, Fu Manchu, a plain simple moustache or just a goatee. We did that - generally we would have a look that we would maintain for anywhere from 3 to 6 months.

Ron Stallworth

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There are two qualities that I've noticed in good directors: One is that they have their vision very strongly in place; and two is that they listen to everyone's opinion and still remember their vision.

Rupert Friend

GoodVisionOpinionRememberPlace

I think a lot of times it's not money that's the primary motivation factor; it's the passion for your job and the professional and personal satisfaction that you get out of doing what you do that motivates you.

Martin Yan

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I grew up in a town of 5,000, surrounded by cows and oil fields, but there was a lot of opportunity in my tiny little town.

Michael Lomenda

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Whereas for me, touring tends to be a very strange and isolating experience.

Moby

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