Elizabeth George Quotes

While I've written in the POV (point of view) of adolescent characters before... I never have had to create novels in which those characters not only drive the plot, but also are instrumental in resolving whatever issue the plot deals with.

Elizabeth George

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• There are some parts of my life that are wonderful, and it's amazing to get to go to cool events and award shows and things like that, but I think the outside perception is that your life just changes overnight and you wear Dolce and Gabanna suits and drive a Mercedes. But life's just not like that.

  

  Taron Egerton
  • Life
  • Amazing
  • Cool

• What I do, basically, is look at things from different angles. That is what I do on stage comedically, and that is what I do in art. I was always fascinated by the structure of things, why things work this way and not that way. So I like to see how things behave if you change the point of view.

  

  Ursus Wehrli
  • Work
  • Art
  • Change

• There's nothing funnier than the human animal.

  

  Walt Disney
  • Animal
  • Human
  • Nothing

• People say America is exceptional. I agree, but it's not the complexion of our skin or the twists in our DNA that make us unique. America is exceptional because we were founded upon the notion that everyone should be free to pursue life, liberty, and happiness.

  

  Rand Paul
  • People
  • Life
  • America

• McCarthy emerged in the person of Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin.

  

  Pat Buchanan
  • Person
  • Senator
  • Wisconsin

• If left unchecked, global change will create violent conflict, torrential storms, shrinking coastlines, and irreversible catastrophe.

  

  Valerie Jarrett
  • Change
  • Conflict
  • Global

• The United States and the Obama administration have consistently opposed the delegitimation of Israel. We've also consistently pushed for legitimation of Israel across the U.N. system. We uniformly oppose one-sided actions designed to punish Israel, and we will continue to do so.

  

  Samantha Power
  • System
  • Actions
  • Israel

• I'm not going to say I'm a big girl. I'm a very small person, but I'm a healthy weight. That might be a little weird for Hollywood.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • Girl
  • Small
  • Weird

• I don't believe that there are aliens. I believe there are really different people.

  

  Orson Scott Card
  • People
  • Believe
  • Different

• I don't really think, I just walk.

  

  Paris Hilton
  • Think
  • Just
  • Walk

• It is so difficult – at least, I find it difficult – to understand people who speak the truth.

  

  E. M. Forster
  • People
  • Truth

• If historical experience could teach us anything, it would be that private property is inextricably linked with civilization.

  

  Ludwig von Mises
  • Experience

• The disaster-makers always get away, while the innocent are always punished.

  

  Ai Weiwei
  • Innocent

• I'd like to extend my career a little bit into different genres.

  

  Jason Sudeikis
  • Different
  • Career

• Actors are always looking for the eyes of the other actors because you need help and you need connection.

  

  Javier Camara
  • Help
  • Eyes
  • Connection

• I've always loved film and wanted to work in film. I just love working and creating new characters, and trying different genres and different things.

  

  Alison Brie
  • Work
  • Different
  • Trying

• Working on 'X Men,' I got to do a lot of flying and fighting, which was good fun.

  

  Ben Hardy
  • Good
  • Men
  • Fun

• I have a quiet and an artistic side that many people don't know of.

  

  Kiana Tom
  • People

• When I am in a hotel, and I turn off the lights and the TV, I just freak out. I turn the TV back on and don't get any sleep.

  

  Louis C. K.
  • Sleep

• In the dark times, if you have something to hold on to, which is yourself, you'll survive.

  

  Whoopi Goldberg
  • Dark
  • Survive
  • Hold

• With the growing reliance on social media, we no longer search for news, or the products and services we wish to buy. Instead they are being pushed to us by friends, acquaintances and business colleagues.

  

  Erik Qualman
  • Growing
  • Social
  • Acquaintance

• The ECB's interventions in sovereign bond markets should not be perceived or interpreted as a 'freebie' for governments. They are temporary.

  

  Lucas Papademos

• When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory.

  

  Friedrich Nietzsche
  • Believe
  • Age
  • Question

• While I've written in the POV (point of view) of adolescent characters before... I never have had to create novels in which those characters not only drive the plot, but also are instrumental in resolving whatever issue the plot deals with.

  

  Elizabeth George