Elizabeth George Quotes
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At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.
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Every year on your birthday, you get a chance to start new.
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I put some songs on the Internet back in 2009 - that's kind of how everything started with Washed Out. I had never really planned on being in a band or anything like that. It was kind of a hobby I did on my own, just recording music.
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I'm just totally into being strong. There's something about wanting to get a jar or whatever out of a high cupboard, or moving a sofa over because my dog's bone rolled under it, and not having to call anyone for help. There's comfort in that.
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It's hard because people often don't recognise shyness; they think it's just someone being rude. I have had to work to overcome that, especially if I'm meeting my readers at author events, because I don't want them to think I'm snooty or rude.
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Music was in the air when I was growing up. My siblings Katy, Dave and Phil were musical; my dad worked in inner-city New York where a musical revolution was taking place - folk music, rock n' roll, gospel music. My sister taught me to sing. My brothers taught me to play.
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I love singing some Johnny Cash, which is interesting because it's in a guy's key; I love singing Elvis Presley.
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If it was all about me, I'd do a whole lot of pop records, make a whole lot of money, just rake in the dough. But it's never been all about me. It's all about being a voice for the voiceless. People who can't speak for themselves, who don't have a mic, don't have a say.
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The countryside, particularly, is very good for my head.
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What does culture want? To make infinity comprehensible.
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Europe and European identity is rooted in Christianity.
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If the books are selling, the money will follow.
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I lost many literary battles the day I read 'Their Eyes Were Watching God.' I had to concede that occasionally aphorisms have their power. I had to give up the idea that Keats had a monopoly on the lyrical.
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That's why modern corporate movie making has become so laborious that comedians are kind of kicked out by 50.
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Sometimes I hate a shoe in seconds.
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My best wishes are with Indian cricket in general. I wish each one of our cricketers success at the international and domestic level.
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I'm a native New Yorker, so I'm edgier; I kind of tell it like it is.
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I've always loved singing. I find it exhilarating.
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My parents and my grandmother inspire me every day and, every day, in my work and personal life.
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Evolutionary theory informs our understanding of some frankly inexcusable social behavior and renders it perfectly normal.
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Well, I love tattoos and have been drawing them on my binders in school since I was little.
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I'd never be overly confident about anything.
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I go around the world, working with all kinds of people who I love.
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What we are is what we were always meant to be, and that's writers.
