Eve Babitz Quotes

I wasn't as used to the new dumb questions, so when men I had once thought of as wise daddies now asked me 'How do you write?' I did not try and spill red wine in their suede pants. I would just smile and say, 'On a typewriter in the mornings when there's nothing else to do.'

Eve Babitz

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SmileMenRedWiseMeThought

It was dripping and, you know, and there was a whole line of cameras and microphones. I felt like - you remember the honor guards, only it was a dishonor guard.

Jim Bakker

HonorRememberYouKnowLineGuard

When I became CEO, Puma was bankrupt on paper.

Jochen Zeitz

PaperCEOBankruptBecame

The existence of life beyond Earth is an ancient human concern. Over the years, however, attempts to understand humanity's place in the cosmos through science often got hijacked by wishful thinking or fabricated tales.

Jill Tarter

LifeScienceThinkingHumanityEarth

Independent filmmakers already have their heads around people on their couches watching their movies.

Jill Soloway

PeopleMoviesIndependentWatching

I think in the wake of 9/11, like a lot of Americans, you know, we were all very traumatized by the attacks, traumatized in a totally different way by some of what happened afterward in response. And I think there have been these questions hovering in the past decade of, what kind of country are we? Who are we?

Amy Waldman

PastThinkQuestionsYouCountry

What is hypertext? It is a method of giving a text more depth, structuring it, and letting the computer help you explore it. Links, like we know today - you see some blue underlined word and you click on it and it takes you somewhere else. That's the simplest definition of hypertext.

Robert Cailliau

TodayBlueGivingHelpYouKnow

Even from their infancy we frame them to the sports of love: their instruction, behavior, attire, grace, learning and all their words azimuth only at love, respects only affection. Their nurses and their keepers imprint no other thing in them.

Michel de Montaigne

LoveLearningSportsWordsGrace

When it comes to size, most people don't want to see themselves looking bigger than what they are.

Missy Elliott

PeopleLookingWantSizeSeeBigger

Being part of the Workshop is like being part of a really big family. Everyone is so close. Everyone feels the success of others who go on to do well. Whatever happens, I will still be part of the Workshop.

Lucy Carless

FamilySuccessGoWillOthersBig

Architecture is the thoughtful making of space.

Louis Kahn

ArchitectureSpaceThoughtfulMaking

Jorgensen is tough, but Lin Dan is right up there. He is the best and biggest rival. I really want to catch all his records, but if I want to achieve that, then the most important thing for me is to stay healthy.

Chen Long

BestMeToughAchieveHealthyWant

There's an incredible amount of loneliness that comes with child stardom because you're isolated from your society.

Cole Sprouse

LonelinessChildSocietyYouBecause

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