Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes
I do not look on self-indulgent, sensual people as worthy of my hatred; I simply look upon them with contempt for their poorness of character.

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I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.
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The character I play is a wonderful compilation of things I hate about myself and things I love about myself and things that I've invented to make her even more interesting than me.
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I have an inner satisfaction of having done what I thought was right at the time which I thought was propitious.
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I inherited some Chanel pieces from my mother. I've worn Prada - absolutely. Wonderful designers are inspiring. I also love designers not known. I love a lot of vintage pieces. I am pretty minimal, pretty classic.
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There's always room to volunteer. I think that's a huge space to be involved with.
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If you have confidence you have patience. Confidence, that is everything.
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In men's sports, people criticize coaches and managers all the time, call out teammates, too, and it's not that huge of a deal. Often, the guy speaking out is even lauded for having the courage to tell the truth. When it happens in women's sports, though, it always seems to be viewed as a nasty, claws-out cat fight.
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It's harder, but we're still finding oil in Oklahoma today. The bar has been raised on startup companies, but it can still be done. Every regulation and every rule limits you, but, yes, it can still be done. That's the beauty of living in a free country and having the freedom to have an idea and become an entrepreneur.
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Oh my gosh, if I could be on '30 Rock', my life would be made. That is my favorite show. My absolute favorite show.
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Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
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I feel exhausted if I teach too long.
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A good leader has to at some point trust those around him; otherwise, nothing constructive is going to get done.
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My dad died when I was young; my mom remarried with more haste than sense to a fellow... he wasn't evil or anything, but he was worthless.
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I read so many things because a colleague or a friend will post something, and I'll be able to learn a tremendous amount only because they drew attention to it. So I try to do that for others, and that's the great thing about social media. It's not always a narcissistic cesspool or waste of time.
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The longer I spent time on 'The Daily Show,' standing in front of a green screen pretending to report from war zones and hot spots around the world - most often from somewhere in the Middle East - the more I began to realize that 'The Daily Show' was radicalizing me.
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To be happy, make other people happy.
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What worries me is that, because of the amount of media coverage of food, Britain seems to have become a foodie nation - but I'm not sure it actually has. I'm not sure there's been a huge change in the pantry at home or what we cook for supper.
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As a white woman with a privileged education, I'm keenly aware that I founded an organization that can only realize its goal if it enlists many more leaders who share the backgrounds of the students and families we work with.
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Since Baby’s birth, she had learned that the first few months of motherhood were about fatigue and leakiness.
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I think comfort, stability, and love are the things that really let me be happy. Deep down inside I'm a little boring, I guess.
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The Conservatives, along with Labour, I don't think understand what it is like to run a business.
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We often have very little empathy for our own thoughts and feelings and frequently try to suppress them by dismissing them as weaknesses.
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If you are not physical in rugby, you may as well be playing volleyball or curling.
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I do not look on self-indulgent, sensual people as worthy of my hatred; I simply look upon them with contempt for their poorness of character.