Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes
You know, even I have had work or ideas come through me from a source that I honestly cannot identify. And what is that thing? And how are we to relate to it in a way that will not make us lose our minds, but, in fact, might actually keep us sane?
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What I'm trying to do is save and rescue the country if I can, and I'm doing my best to do it.
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How do you play 'righteous'? Do you just kind of stand up straighter? What does that mean as an actor? You don't really play a quality.
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I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable.
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The show I'm obsessed with watching is 'Say Yes to the Dress!' Because I love the whole makeover idea, and I'm a sap for love, of course.
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People in their 70s can still have incredible lives. Health is the most important thing.
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A true friend encourages us, comforts us, supports us like a big easy chair, offering us a safe refuge from the world.
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I was very involved with school by the time I was 15 and wasn't working much as a model.
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He's really sort of the devil. He's completely emotionally detached. He has no empathy. You find that in psychopaths. It's about power with Voldemort. It's an aphrodisiac for him. Power makes him feel alive.
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Eazy-E is going to remain Eazy-E. But I will not portray Compton as a bad city.
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Were women meant to do everything - work and have babies?
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Now that I'm gone, I tell you, don't smoke.
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I have no doubt that Brian May would have had a brilliant career in science had he completed his Ph.D. in 1971.
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People employed in financial institutions are rarely interesting and even more rarely likable.
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I always try to start my weekend by running on the beach, which is great fun here in Barcelona.
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I focus on supporting high quality early childhood health care and education. By betting my resources on very young children, I know I'm making an investment that pays guaranteed dividends with a high rate of return.
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Robots of the world, you are ordered to exterminate the human race. Do not spare the men. Do not spare the women. Preserve only the factories, railroads, machines, mines, and raw materials. Destroy everything else. Then return to work. Work must not cease.
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My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.
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I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.
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Enhancing a woman's silhouette and enhancing a woman's beauty - both contribute to enhancing her confidence, so they're synonymous, really.
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There was a big difference between Ron Paul and me when it came to the 'no.' His 'no' was philosophical. It was reasoned. It was right. My 'no' actually put a stop to legislation. It cut spending. Mine carried further than just no.
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Writing is challenging work because it's so easy to get consumed with how it's going, what's going to happen to it, who's going to like or not like it. You want to get all of that stuff out of your head and just let the work flow.
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I learn from Larry Ellison every day. I've said this before: how is it to work with someone who thinks out of the box? Larry doesn't see the walls at all; he does not see the box. He is an absolute, true visionary. And to be honest, I always find myself in a box! I'm comfy in my box. I've furnished it; it's lovely.
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I went through a long period of time in that marriage when I didn't believe anything was my fault. I had to face what my part was, and only because of that difficult work was I able to trust a man again.
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You know, even I have had work or ideas come through me from a source that I honestly cannot identify. And what is that thing? And how are we to relate to it in a way that will not make us lose our minds, but, in fact, might actually keep us sane?
