Virginia Postrel Quotes

The low point for neon came in 1982, when Holiday Inn did away with its signature 'Great Sign,' replacing the neon extravaganza with a forgettable green plastic box.

Virginia Postrel

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 14, 1960

Topics

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I respect knowledge of the psyche. I would be a therapist if I weren't an entertainer.

Jessica Simpson

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When you're running a company, creating jobs is the last thing you want to. When you're running a company you want to employ as few people as possible, and yet you inadvertently create jobs.

Robert Metcalfe

PeopleYouCreateCreatingPossible

Money and salary is not a particularly good motivator in the long term.

Matt Mullenweg

GoodMoneyLongSalaryLong Term

Temperament can really take a toll on the voice. If you get tight in your body with the acting, then you can get tight in your voice. And then you can get tired, and you can damage yourself vocally.

Sondra Radvanovsky

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Things go wrong all the time; you can't be precious about it.

Tori Amos

TimeYouWrongGoPreciousThings

I told my dentist my teeth are going yellow. he told me to wear a brown tie.

Rodney Dangerfield

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The emergence of the Atomic Age brought the previously inchoate and 'free-floating' anxiety of many people into sharp focus.

Rollo May

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When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice he wants, and I give it to him.

Josh Billings

ManMeAdviceFindKindOut

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Joseph Joubert

KindnessPeopleLovingDeserveMore

Questions that have no right to go away are those that have to do with the person we are about to become; they are conversations that will happen with or without our conscious participation.

David Whyte

QuestionsPersonGoWillBecome

It's a good time to be in the content business though, the branded content business.

Bob Iger

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'Rocky' represents the optimistic side of life, and 'Rambo' represents purgatory.

Sylvester Stallone

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