Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes
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The Great War was a progressive revelation and disillusionment.
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I'm a chubby middle-aged white guy with short hair. I think that's it, really. I kind of have a look. Right now, I'm not fat enough to be the fat friend, but I'm not thin enough to be the leading man, so I look like a cop.
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There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism, and I learn from that and better myself. I'm not expecting anyone to be sycophantic in any way; I never expected that.
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All the body wants to do biologically is decompose. Once you die, it's, 'Let me out here! I'm ready to shoot my atoms back into the universe!'
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In the past, the West had tried to export one formula of democracy which should fit to the rest of the world, and they discovered that this doesn't work.
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A good amount of the guys wanted to date me. Even older guys looking at me. It took some getting used to.
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I feel like writing a book there's always a version in your head that's an amazing version, but then you write the version that you can write.
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The biggest killer of people is food.
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Do not despise the fish because they are absolutely unable to speak or to reason, but fear lest you may be even more unreasonable than they by resisting the command of the Creator. Listen to the fish, who through their actions all but utter this word: 'We set out on this long journey for the perpetuation of our species.'
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All I remember is the last time I played a videogame, it was Space Invaders.
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Maybe I'm a glutton for punishment, but I enjoy anything where you get to flex your acting muscles, you get to really go for it.
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Freedom is secured every day by our men and women in uniform. We must build a future worthy of their sacrifice.
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Today, the origin of 90% of all the edible food Gambians consume are from places they have never heard of.
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I ran the Iditarod twice. I finished once. I came in 42nd or 43rd place out of 70 plus teams the first time, and I scratched 80 miles from Nome the second time. You can read about my experience in the race in my books 'Woodsong' and 'Winterdance.'
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I think that being Jewish is in some ways unique because there's this conflation of race, culture and religion.
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I am not a puppet. I was not made by the West to go to the West or to any other country.
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I will tell you that when I was heavy, people would say to me – and it was such a backhanded compliment – they would say, 'You've got such a beautiful face,' in the way of, like, 'Oh, isn't it a shame that from the neck down you're questionable.'
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When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
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I'm pretty much in love with 'Adult Swim.'
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If I find something funny and make an older woman laugh, I love that for some reason.
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As a writer, Chris Columbus was a big influence. 'The Goonies' was the first movie I ever saw that kids speak normally and not imagined how kids would talk. Always a big fan of Chris Columbus' dialogue and storytelling.
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I never considered I might make a career out of writing as I was going to school, so when I did turn my attentions that way, I was very ill prepared, having only what I read as a guide, and no formal training whatsoever. I credit that very ignorance with a great deal of my success.
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A great matter calls her son with terms like deal, and love.
