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W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "Just the way in Europe, Paris, Copenhagen, and Stockholm, and Frankfurt, possibly and Berlin, certainly, all had important roles, because of independence. Because they were depending on themselves."

Just the way in Europe, Paris, Copenhagen, and Stockholm, and Frankfurt, possibly and Berlin, certainly, all had important roles, because of independence. Because they were depending on themselves.



W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "When God made up this world of ours, He made it long and wide, And meant that it should shelter all, And none should be denied."

When God made up this world of ours, He made it long and wide, And meant that it should shelter all, And none should be denied.




W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "I love to take things that are everyday and comforting and make them into the most luxurious things in the world."

I love to take things that are everyday and comforting and make them into the most luxurious things in the world.



W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "To seek "causes" of poverty in this way is to enter an intellectual dead end because poverty has no causes. Only prosperity has causes."

To seek "causes" of poverty in this way is to enter an intellectual dead end because poverty has no causes. Only prosperity has causes.




W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "There must be sophistry in all this; but the condition of a slave confuses all principles of morality, and, in fact, renders the practice of them impossible."

There must be sophistry in all this; but the condition of a slave confuses all principles of morality, and, in fact, renders the practice of them impossible.



W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "When we began Qualcomm, it had become quite clear that it was very important to patent new ideas."

When we began Qualcomm, it had become quite clear that it was very important to patent new ideas.



W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "New ideas often need old buildings."

New ideas often need old buildings.




W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "Given a limited budget, the most effective expenditure of funds to improve a street would probably be on trees."

Given a limited budget, the most effective expenditure of funds to improve a street would probably be on trees.



W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "Streets moderate the form and structure and comfort of urban communities."

Streets moderate the form and structure and comfort of urban communities.



W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "I think there is something about luxury - it's not something people need, but it's what they want. It really pulls at their heart."

I think there is something about luxury - it's not something people need, but it's what they want. It really pulls at their heart.



W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "I still appreciate individuality. Style is much more interesting than fashion, really."

I still appreciate individuality. Style is much more interesting than fashion, really.



W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "Yes, I always remember my dad's, mom's and my grandma's perfumes."

Yes, I always remember my dad's, mom's and my grandma's perfumes.




W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "Death is better than slavery."

Death is better than slavery.



W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "I used to buy good shoes, now I buy good bags. They make me feel more confident."

I used to buy good shoes, now I buy good bags. They make me feel more confident.



W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "But I now entered on my fifteenth year - a sad epoch in the life of a slave girl. My master began to whisper foul words in my ear. Young as I was, I could not remain ignorant of their import"

But I now entered on my fifteenth year - a sad epoch in the life of a slave girl. My master began to whisper foul words in my ear. Young as I was, I could not remain ignorant of their import



W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "We don't need fashion to survive, we just desire it so much."

We don't need fashion to survive, we just desire it so much.



W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "I WAS born a slave; but I never knew it till six years of happy childhood had passed away"

I WAS born a slave; but I never knew it till six years of happy childhood had passed away



W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "The slave girl is reared in an atmosphere of licentiousness and fear."

The slave girl is reared in an atmosphere of licentiousness and fear.



W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "Especially in a world that doesn't need homemade anything.That's when we need homemade everything."

Especially in a world that doesn't need homemade anything.That's when we need homemade everything.



W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "City diversity represents accident and chaos."

City diversity represents accident and chaos.



W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "Staring up at the sky on a bright, sunny day makes me dream and gives me ideas."

Staring up at the sky on a bright, sunny day makes me dream and gives me ideas.



W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "Probably 90 percent of our life decisions are powered by the twin engines of inertia and laziness."

Probably 90 percent of our life decisions are powered by the twin engines of inertia and laziness.



W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "I'm a designer. I make clothes and bags and shoes. I have a job that involves making creative choices, but I'm not a divinely inspired human being like an artist!"

I'm a designer. I make clothes and bags and shoes. I have a job that involves making creative choices, but I'm not a divinely inspired human being like an artist!



W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "If a slave is unwilling to go with his new master, he is whipped, or locked up in jail, until he consents to go, and promises not to run away during the year."

If a slave is unwilling to go with his new master, he is whipped, or locked up in jail, until he consents to go, and promises not to run away during the year.



W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "I have learned yet again (this has been going on all my life) what folly it is to take any thing for granted without examining it skeptically."

I have learned yet again (this has been going on all my life) what folly it is to take any thing for granted without examining it skeptically.



W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "I'm a fighter through and through. I don't fear any person and to go inside that ring with a feared mentality, why even go inside the ring?"

I'm a fighter through and through. I don't fear any person and to go inside that ring with a feared mentality, why even go inside the ring?



W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "I mean, I'd love to have a private jet - I know people who fly by private jet all the time... I've hitched a ride a few times and it is not overrated at all; it's a great way to travel!"

I mean, I'd love to have a private jet - I know people who fly by private jet all the time... I've hitched a ride a few times and it is not overrated at all; it's a great way to travel!



W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "As opposed to trying to make a kiss look romantic or sweet or passionate, it's kind of fun to just have the freedom to make it look weird, goofy and awkward."

As opposed to trying to make a kiss look romantic or sweet or passionate, it's kind of fun to just have the freedom to make it look weird, goofy and awkward.



W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "Anybody can be hurt. This is boxing."

Anybody can be hurt. This is boxing.



W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "Almost nobody travels willingly from sameness to sameness and repetition to repetition, even if the physical effort required is trivial."

Almost nobody travels willingly from sameness to sameness and repetition to repetition, even if the physical effort required is trivial.



W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "The first sound after a silence should always be your very best."

The first sound after a silence should always be your very best.



W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "The Louis Vuitton woman is more about a quality - a quality within some women that needs to come forward, to be noticed and recognised."

The Louis Vuitton woman is more about a quality - a quality within some women that needs to come forward, to be noticed and recognised.



W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "Erosion of cities or attrition of automobiles?"

Erosion of cities or attrition of automobiles?



W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "I like spending time at home. In Paris, people drop by and have a bite to eat, or they drop by and watch Friends on TV. I take my dog to the office there, and I walk to work sometimes."

I like spending time at home. In Paris, people drop by and have a bite to eat, or they drop by and watch Friends on TV. I take my dog to the office there, and I walk to work sometimes.



W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "I am wrestling with the overalls trend. I wore so many pairs in junior high, and no one thought they were cute. Perhaps I'll try them cuffed with a tasteful crop top?"

I am wrestling with the overalls trend. I wore so many pairs in junior high, and no one thought they were cute. Perhaps I'll try them cuffed with a tasteful crop top?



W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "Every where the years bring to all enough of sin and sorrow; but in slavery the very dawn of life is darkened by these shadows"

Every where the years bring to all enough of sin and sorrow; but in slavery the very dawn of life is darkened by these shadows



W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "It may be that we have become so feckless as a people that we no longer care how things work but only the kind of quick, easy outer impression that they get."

It may be that we have become so feckless as a people that we no longer care how things work but only the kind of quick, easy outer impression that they get.



W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "(The psuedoscience of planning seems almost neurotic in its determination to imitate empiric failure and ignore empiric success.)"

(The psuedoscience of planning seems almost neurotic in its determination to imitate empiric failure and ignore empiric success.)



W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "It's quite nice to see that I didn't have to change who I was to reach two very different types of people."

It's quite nice to see that I didn't have to change who I was to reach two very different types of people.



W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "To me, beauty and makeup and color is like the finishing touch on everything."

To me, beauty and makeup and color is like the finishing touch on everything.



W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "The key to making healthy decisions is to respect your future self. Honor him or her. Treat him or her like you would treat a friend or a loved one."

The key to making healthy decisions is to respect your future self. Honor him or her. Treat him or her like you would treat a friend or a loved one.



W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "Innovation is an evolutionary process, so it's not necessary to be radical all the time."

Innovation is an evolutionary process, so it's not necessary to be radical all the time.



W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "Innovating economies expand and develop. Economies that do not add new kinds of goods and services, but continue only to repeat old work, do not expand much nor do they, by definition, develop."

Innovating economies expand and develop. Economies that do not add new kinds of goods and services, but continue only to repeat old work, do not expand much nor do they, by definition, develop.



W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "Credentialing, not education, has become the primary business of North American universities."

Credentialing, not education, has become the primary business of North American universities.



W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "Sentimentality about nature denatures everything it touches."

Sentimentality about nature denatures everything it touches.



W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "It feels kind of naughty when you're swearing on set and you know it's gonna make it in unbleeped on the show."

It feels kind of naughty when you're swearing on set and you know it's gonna make it in unbleeped on the show.



W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "Nothing is so clear in history that is it happens for any one thing. It seems that a lot of things come together to make great changes."

Nothing is so clear in history that is it happens for any one thing. It seems that a lot of things come together to make great changes.



W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "Power is supposed to be so corrupt. I don't think it's so much corrupt, in the usual sense of the word, as stupid and unrealistic. The more power a person has, the further he gets from reality."

Power is supposed to be so corrupt. I don't think it's so much corrupt, in the usual sense of the word, as stupid and unrealistic. The more power a person has, the further he gets from reality.



W. W. Jacobs Quotes: "I remember walking the dog one day, I saw a car full of teenage girls, and one of them rolled down the window and yelled, 'Marc Jacobs!' in a French accent."

I remember walking the dog one day, I saw a car full of teenage girls, and one of them rolled down the window and yelled, 'Marc Jacobs!' in a French accent.