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Edward Sapir Quotes

More and more, unsolicited gifts from without are likely to be received with unconscious resentment.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: scientist
Nationality: american
Birth: January 26, 1884 - February 4, 1939

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More Without Resentment Gifts Likely

I believe in entrepreneurs. I believe in their ability to make positive change in the world.

Jessica Jackley

Positive Change World Believe Make

More often than not, however, the person who flatly states 'Elves aren't like that!' is hard pressed to describe how they really look.... as if Tolkien has summoned archetypes from so deep in our minds that we can only recall them incompletely.

Deep Look Person Minds More Hard

In sales, it's not what you say; it's how they perceive what you say.

Jeffrey Gitomer

You Say Sales Perceive How

The way I was brought up by my parents and guided through my football life by the influences of various managers means that in some ways I am black and white.

Life Black And White Football Parents

Possibly, I should have been a jazz singer from the beginning.

Beginning Jazz Singer Been Should

The silent movie is an emotional cinema: it's sensory; the fact that you don't go through a text brings you back to a basic way of telling a story predicated on the feelings you have created.

Michel Hazanavicius

Story You Back Cinema Feelings Go

The thing is, it's that Detroiters are hard workers. We've always been hard workers, even when times are down. I've been able to take that with me, that work ethic, to help me build my career.

Work Me Work Ethic Help Career Down

Punk rock wasn't a career choice. It was a hobby that we did for fun. We never thought we'd get as big as our idols in T.S.O.L. or certainly not the Ramones.

Fun Thought Hobby Career Choice Big

To seek the timeless way we must first know the quality without a name. There is a central quality which is the root criterion of life and spirit in a man, a town, a building, or a wilderness. This quality is objective and precise, but it cannot be named.

Christopher Alexander

Life Quality Man Building Wilderness

It would be great to do theater one day, but I don't think I'd do a musical.

Great Day Think One Day Would

I really wanted to discover mummies, like Indiana Jones.

Indiana Like Discover Wanted Really

I am very happy working for my European brands. My legacy isn't going to be a museum. Yet I would be very good at it. It's so painful. It's like everything - the same old guys - Herzog & de Meuron, Frank Gehry, Renzo Piano - they don't pick original people.

Good I Am Happy People Legacy Old

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