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“Personally, I don't use fragrance, and only use essential oils. Stephan [Weiss] said, "Donna, we have to do fragrance - fragrance will last forever - fashion goes up and down. And I said, "I love Casablanca lilies, I love the smell of your neck and I love suede. If you can combine these three together, we can discuss it."”

Ifs Said Use Together Lasts Three Forever Fashion Essentials Down And Smell Oil Necks Fragrance Up And Down Lilies Together We Can Essential Oils

Author:Donna Karan

“Whenever I felt tempted to, I don’t know, watch cat videos or bad Netflix TV instead of writing this Brandeis biography, I thought of his stern but kindly visage and buckled down and wrote the damn thing, because there’s so much information out there, and these are such anxious times in democracy, such unreasonable times.”

Knows Writing Felt Watches Democracy Information Tvs Cat Down And Video Damn Anxious Biographies Tempted Unreasonable Netflix Damn Things Louis Brandeis

Author:Jeffrey Rosen

“I personally feel the need to experience life and new music and ideas before I can sit down and start writing music again.”

Needs Feels Writing I Can Ideas Down And New Music Writing Music

Author:DJ Shadow

“Nowadays, teenagers are so fast and quick to see through any form of manipulation. Sitting down and just thinking of something is like watching really bad pornography.”

Thinking Form Sitting Down And Teenager Manipulation Pornography Sitting Down

Author:Nicolas Winding Refn

“I think Bob [Dylan] told me that he turned down twenty interviews that year, and I was the only one that he sat down and did an interview with. And, he said that it was one of his highlights, and it was one of my highlights. And, I was very glad to talk with Bob. I found out that he was a good fan of mine, and that tickled me.”

Thinking Years Said Found Fans Mines Twenties Down And Glad Sat Interviews Bob Dylan Highlights Turned Down

Author:Ralph Stanley

“Dogs seek attention from you. But by paying them that attention when they want it, you're reinforcing the bad or hyperactive or anxious behavior that you're trying to avoid. Practice - no touch, no talk, no eye contact - and see how you fare. You might be surprised at how quickly the dog settles down and looks to you as his pack leader for direction.”

Want Trying Looks Might Eye Attention Leader Practice Dog Behavior Down And Contact Settling Anxious Packs Settling Down Eye Contact

Author:Cesar Millan

“More and more, I tried to make comics in the way I like to read comics, and I found that when I read comics that are really densely packed with text, it may be rewarding when I finally do sit down and read it, but it never is going to be the first I'm going to read, and I never am fully excited to just sit down and read that comic.”

Way Firsts May Found Down And Excited Comic

Author:Daniel Clowes

“I've had a real lucky time working in Hollywood. I've talked to other screenwriters, and they're all kind of beaten down and their spirits are crushed, because they work on these screenplays and these projects, and then directors either take them and change everything, rewrite them and make them worse, or they film them and they're nothing like how they imagined it to be.”

Kind Real Film Spirit Lucky Directors Projects Hollywood Down And All Kinds Beaten Crushed Screenplays Screenwriters

Author:Daniel Clowes

“Surrender is a positive, healthy state. Being a surrendered person does not mean one is beaten down and so hopeless he or she has "given up." It's quite the contrary.”

Mean Persons Doe States Given Healthy Down And Contrary Surrender Hopeless Beaten Given Up

Author:Judith Orloff

“We have two choices when things pile up at work or we're surrounded by energy vampires who leave us feeling depleted. We can get frantic, hyperventilate, shut down, and become reactive. Needless to say, these responses to stress just make us more stressed. Surrendered people have the ability to pause, take a deep breath, and observe.”

People Two Feelings Choices Energy Ability Stress Breaths Down And Response Vampire Pauses Stressed Deep Breath Frantic Take A Deep Breath Two Choices

Author:Judith Orloff

“She [Theresa May] has done more to bring immigration down and abolish things like bogus colleges.”

May Done College Down And Immigration Abolish Theresa

Author:Damian Green

“You can have a poem like "B-Movie" and sum up thirty conversations that people have had on the subject, but I wrote it down, and other people didn't.”

People Subjects Conversation Down And Thirty

Author:Gil Scott-Heron

“I think I feel vulnerable most of the time. I feel on guard. I've gotten pretty good at putting my fists down and kind of allowing the world to be, so that I don't feel threatened as much.”

Thinking World Feels Kind Down And Vulnerable Allowing Threatened Fists

Author:Matt Nathanson

“Texas is OK if you want to settle down and do your own thing quietly, but it's not for outrageous people, and I was always outrageous.”

People Ifs Want Quiet Down And Settling Texas Outrageous Settling Down

Author:Janis Joplin

“I'm a morning "spinner." That's usually when my brain is thinking too much and I don't necessarily see things positively. So I sit myself down and remember that I'm making it up.”

Thinking Remember Brain Morning Too Much Down And Positively Thinking Too Much Spinner

Author:Dash Mihok

“In my opinion, Chief Justice Roberts put it best during his recent confirmation hearings. And he said, and I quote, "The framers were not the sort of people, having fought a revolution to get the right of self-government to sit down and say, 'Well, let's take all the difficult issues before us and let's have the judges decide them.' That would have been the farthest thing from their mind," however, I fear that the Supreme Court forgets this advice.”

“I've been doing morning pages: the first thing I do when I wake up is sit down and write three pages of whatever comes into my head. The more I do them, the more creative I get and the smaller my problems seem. I can turn something that I hated a few days ago into a short story or a song.”

Writing Firsts I Can Stories Problem Seems Song Turns Three Morning Creative Pages Wake Up Down And Hated Short Story

Author:T. Mills

“When you have a candidate like Donald Trump saying that Mexicans are rapists and drug dealers, and also doubling down and suggesting that we should deport 11 million undocumented workers, who are mostly people that came to this country to better themselves, and to patrol neighborhoods of predominantly Muslims families. This shows you how deeply held those feelings really are in our country and that the Republicans have absolutely no interest in helping minorities.”

“Bill Clinton's favorite memory is Hillary leaning down and putting contact paper in the drawers, in the chest of drawers in Chelsea's dorm room at Stanford. Favorite memory. Favorite memory! Out everything, favorite memory. Now, I would love to hear somebody in the media ask Hillary what contact paper is.”

Asks Memories Rooms Media Paper Down And Bills Clinton Contact Chests Drawers Chelsea Stanford Dorms Dorm Rooms Favorite Memories

Author:Rush Limbaugh

“You turn on the television, it's like, "Woah is me! God almighty, we're awful." We are so down and out we are - name me a country in the world, name me one leader anywhere in the world who wouldn't trade places in a heartbeat. We by far, we're going to own the 21st century.”

World Country Turns Names Leader Century Television Down And Trade Awful Almighty 21st Century Heartbeat Turn-on

Author:Joe Biden

“So every time the Democratic Party appears to be lifting up a principled, people-powered agenda, it slaps it down and it keeps becoming more dominated by corporate money and corporatist, militarist policies.”

People Party Policy Becoming Down And Democratic Corporate Agendas Democratic Party Lifting Slap Becoming More Principled Lifting Up

Author:Jill Stein

“What I get on a yoga mat, and from a yoga teacher, has been more beneficial onstage than any other workshop I've ever done. And it starts with that breath; it starts with getting out of my head and really just slowing the system down and being in a true present moment with each and every breath. That then allows me to be a more balanced and focused individual onstage.”

Has Beens Done Moments Individual Teacher Yoga Breaths Down And Focused Present Moment Balanced Beneficial Workshops Slowing Yoga Teachers Yoga Mats

Author:Jason Mraz

“Isolating, shutting down, and feeling guilt about pain makes it linger so much longer. Reconnecting, trusting, and being open and honest is really the only cure. Reaching out and talking to loved ones and friends is a must.”

Feelings Pain Talking Honest Down And Guilt Cures Reaching Loved Ones Reach Out Reconnecting Shutting Down

Author:Jaime Murray

“We don't ever want to shut down and say, I'm afraid to go that far down the road because there's going to be pain. There'll be beauty, too, and if you stop here, you stop all that.”

Ifs Want Pain Down And Down The Road

Author:Wayne Coyne

“I don't want to lean back into the past, or forward into the future. I don't want to wish the present moment away. The truth is in the present moment. The great paradox is that when I'm really able to do that, time slows down and opens up. Time feels suddenly and inexplicably without end.”

Want Feels Ends Moments Able Past Wish Truth Is Down And Present Moment Paradox Slow Down

Author:Dani Shapiro

“In the creative act, you kind of reach down and look for things that will, when put together, create an emotional effect.”

Looks Kind Together Creative Effects Emotional Down And

Author:David Gray

“The interesting thing is that, well, here's what I think about songwriters and songs. Sometimes people sit down and say, "I gotta write a song today, I have a title" and all of that, and sometimes inspiration just happens, almost like "Sugar, Sugar" and a couple of the other songs. But basically, I just started playing the piano, and I'm not a great piano player.”

People Thinking Writing Wells Sometimes Inspiration Happens Today Song Interesting Player Couple Down And Titles Piano Sugar Songwriters Interesting Things

Author:Andy Kim

“If all individuals were conditioned to machine efficiency in the performance of their duties there would have to be at least one person outside the machine to give the necessary orders; if the machine absorbed or eliminated all those outside the machine, the machine will slow down and stop forever.”

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Author:William S. Burroughs

“If you wanted to torture me, you'd tie me down and force me to watch our first five videos.”

Ifs Firsts Wanted Force Watches Five Down And Video Ties Torture

Author:Jon Bon Jovi

“The approach to that movie wasn't, 'Lets make this movie about Amsterdam and maple syrup.' The concept was, 'Lets go to Amsterdam. Amsterdam is fun.' So we flew to Amsterdam with our cameras and we saw what happened and then we got back and we sat down and we said, 'What's the movie here.' That's when we realized that the movie was 'The Maple Syrup Saga'.”

Said Fun Saws Happened Letting Go Approach Concepts Down And Cameras Sat Flew Saga Amsterdam Maple Syrup Maple Syrup

Author:Casey Neistat

“I don't just want to talk to the choir. I want to sit down and be respectful of the people who are most unlike me, to get them to hear me and think. It doesn't mean you're going to change them right there, but just so they can hear you and what you're saying.”

People Thinking Want Mean Down And Respectful Choir Be Respectful

Author:Sandra Cisneros

“I can always be reminded how small I am when I try to surf a wave that's a little bit out of my league, and I just get pummeled. And, when your life flashes before your eyes kind of stuff, deep down under the water where you don't know what's up or down, and that kind of thing, or just Mother Nature reminding you how small you are compared to it. That's kind of the main thing for me.”

Knows Trying Kind Littles I Can Eye Mother Stuff Bits Water Little Bit Down And Wave League Flash Deep Down Reminding Mother Nature Surf

Author:Aaron Bruno

“The first day I was told that I had osteoarthritis, I thought it was the worst thing that could possibly happen to me; I was done. I couldn't do anything. I couldn't run so my life was over. But because I'm a competitive person, I wasn't going to let anything slow me down and I turned it around and made it a positive.”

Firsts Persons Made Done Happens Running Worst Down And Made It Worst Things Competitive Person

Author:Kristin Armstrong

“I suspect that relatively few people will sit down and read 1250 pages [ of The Enduring Authority of the Christian Scriptures.] all the way through from cover to cover. There may be some, but not everybody. But there are many, many, many different Christian, theological, pastoral, specialisms that are covered by one section or another of the book and this will become, therefore, a resource volume for many people.”

People Way May Book Different Christian Authority Pages Resources Down And Endure Scripture Suspects Covered Volume Sections Theological

Author:D. A. Carson

“It's hard to move on when you can see too many good possibilities or any kind of possibility really. That's something that always kind of slows me down and can be a bad place to be in.”

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Author:Reggie Watts

“I changed my major to English and I went off to Fort Collins. And within the first couple of weeks, I noticed that they were having auditions for a production in their theater department. They were going to stage Jean Anouilh's Becket, which was a film I loved, with Peter O'Toole and Richard Burton. So I went down and auditioned, and I got the role. I got the Peter O'Toole part. So here I was, a 19-year-old playing King Henry.”

Years Firsts Film Roles Week Stage Changed Couple Kings Majors Theater Down And Productions Department Peter Auditions Forts King Henry

Author:Keith Carradine

“I'd met Harrison Ford before, but he was just finishing a meet with Jon Favreau and the other producers on the film, and we said "hello" as he walked out and I walked in and sat down and had this meeting with those guys. They basically described what they were looking for, and they thought that I brought a certain amount of authenticity to the genre, and would I want to take part? And I said, "Absolutely! I'd love to!"”

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Author:Keith Carradine

“For my father the one calamity was that my brother and sister and I never learned to swim. My father, who was very macho, was a strong swimmer and was terribly disappointed to have children who didn't swim. Once when my mother was sitting in a beach chair - I can still see the big umbrella - she called to my father, "Throw them in! Throw them in! They'll swim!" So he did. Then he looked down, and there were the three Sendak children lying perfectly still underwater, not fighting for life!”

“I have a hard time with scheduling, and with hunkering down and planning. That's always been a struggle for me.”

Hard Struggle Down And Planning Hard Times Scheduling Hunkering Down

Author:Zachary Levi

“Not everyone who's homeless is a drug-addict or in need of mental health care. Some are normal people who've been knocked down, and it can happen to you, too. Not all of us made bad life choices.”

People Needs Made Happens Care Choices Drug Normal Down And Mental Health Health Care Homeless Addict Life Choices Drug Addict Knocked Down Bad Life

Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon

“In a way, the cancer became an ally because it stopped me from running around so much. I was able to settle down and write things I hadn't had a chance to before.”

Way Writing Running Able Chance Down And Cancer Settling Allies Settling Down

Author:Natalie Goldberg

“At 19, if a woman said no, no meant no. If she didn't say anything and she was open, and she was down, it was like how far can I go? If I touch her breast and she's down for me to touch her breast, cool. If I touch her lower, and she's down and she's not stopping me, cool. I'm going to kiss her or whatever. It was simply if a woman said no or pushed you away that was non-consent.”

Ifs Said Kissing Down And Breasts Consent Say Anything Stopping

Author:Nate Parker

“There's a lot of sub-conscious stuff you may write but you don't then suddenly sit down and take out your analytical books and say: I'm determined to find out where this came from. You'd probably be wrong anyway.”

Writing May Book Stuff Conscious Down And Determined

Author:Van Morrison

“I had a rule that I would never force the muse in my younger days. I would follow the feeling. I would just put the pen down and walk away, and wait for it to come back. But these days, I have a kid, I tour a lot, and I'm always short on time.”

Feelings Kids Force Waiting Walks Down And These Days Pens Muse Younger Days

Author:Dan Mangan

“I'll force myself to sit down and read a couple of chapters of a great book or I'll force myself to sit and listen to some amazing music or I'll go see a play. I find that watching or experiencing other forms of art gets my brain in action. It makes me feel connected to the creative energies and then that tends to get things going.”

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Author:Dan Mangan

“Sometimes it could be just during the day, when I'm riding in the car or on the plane. I'll hear somebody say something that strikes a chord and I write it down and write bars at a time, and then when I'm in the studio I go to those bars and I'm like, "Maybe I should make a song about this."”

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Author:Tyga

“I love those who do not first seek a reason beyond the stars for going down and being sacrifices, but sacrifice themselves to the earth, that the earth of the Superman may hereafter arrive.”

Firsts May Reason Earth Stars Sacrifice Down And Hereafter Beyond The Stars

Book:Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil, Hellenism & Pessimism – 3 Unbeatable Philosophy Books in One Volume: The Birth of Tragedy

Source: Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil, Hellenism & Pessimism – 3 Unbeatable Philosophy Books in One Volume: The Birth of Tragedy

“My career has been up and down, and I like it much better being up.”

Has Beens Careers Down And Up And Down

Author:Ray Liotta

“You never know what's going to happen, so you just continue with your head down and never expect things to start being handed to you.”

Knows Happens Down And Never Expect

Author:Aya Cash

“I sat down and wrote a short story in two weeks and submitted it to Marion Zimmer Bradley. And Marion bought "Wound On The Moon" .My first sale and my first pro sale rolled into one.”

Firsts Two Stories Week Moon Down And Wounds Sat Short Story Two Weeks

Author:Vera Nazarian

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