Simon Spurr Quotes

People can take away your assets, but not your DNA.

Simon Spurr

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PeopleDNATakeAwayYourAssets

I think New York is destined to have a Democratic mayor, and I want Freddy Ferrer to be that mayor.

John Catsimatidis

New YorkThinkNewWantMayorYork

I just think the mood of the country is now that people don't necessarily want an elected official to tell them how they ought to cast their vote. Matter of fact, it's the opposite, and they want to express themselves, and they have a right to, and I'll respect their choice.

John Cornyn

RespectPeopleThinkChoiceCountry

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.

John Lubbock

NatureTimeWaterDaySkyLie

Some women are convinced that they are the same size they were 20 years ago. They also wear clothes that are too big in an effort to hide their body. Both cases are unflattering and work against your body. Some women are in denial about changing.

Stacy London

WorkWomenEffortClothesBodyHide

I thought, if I went into business I'd be able to control my own destiny.

Tommy Hilfiger

BusinessControlDestinyThoughtOwn

Kids have no sense of appropriateness. They can ask me whatever they want. You do develop a sense of intimacy with readers, and they tell you things about themselves. During a school year, I'll get e-mails asking about the books. I'll give them information, but I won't do their homework for them.

Lois Lowry

SchoolMeHomeworkYearInformation

I love working in the theater.

Didi Conn

LoveWorkingTheaterI Love

The iPad - contrary to the way most people thought about it - is not a tablet computer running the Apple operating system. It's more like a very big iPhone, running the iPhone operating system.

Douglas Rushkoff

PeopleThoughtAppleWayiPhoneBig

I think a book that is over 400 pages should be split in two. I don't know that there's anything that interesting that can go on for 700 pages. I think that is a little bit indulgent.

Chris Abani

BookThinkInterestingGoKnowOver

When I was at my height on TV, I was always busy - rehearsing, practising my impressions, learning new material. When that faded, I had to find another way to be creative. Houses were something to do instead. They saved me.

Bobby Davro

LearningCreativeMeBusyFindNew

All of the punk-rock bands of the era would come in and play, and my job on Punk Rock Night was that I would go into the slam pit, and... I was 24 or 25, and I'd slam dance in the pit.

William Forsythe

DanceJobNightPlayGoRock

The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.

Plutarch

EducationGoodHonestyLieSpring

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