Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes
It's not an accident that both my sister and I are writers. Our parents created an accidental Petri dish. My family has great storytellers, and I grew up in a very funny, conversational house and didn't have television. This small family farm was a bubble world that didn't have much to do with reality.
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In general, I find that for videos the acting is more realistic.
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May He who holds in his hands the destinies of nations, make you worthy of the favors He has bestowed, and enabled you with pure hearts and hands and sleepless vigilance, to guard and defend to the end of time, the great charge He has committed to your keeping.
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I swear allegiance to the Republic of Sudan.
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'Murder in the First' takes 12 episodes to explore the crime and the issues surrounding it, all in the hopes of answering the question, 'How did we get to this point?'
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If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.
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Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried.
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I want a future where my children feel safe and appreciated and proud to be who they are. My heart is one with all the Arab Spring heroes, no matter how small they think their role is. I know they believe, like me, that we are working for a world whereby an Arab can live with the other in a respectful and dignified way.
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I've always found that no matter how much you spend on a movie - you can spend sixty dollars or sixty million dollars - if the movie's good, it's good.
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Beautiful updos with natural hair are great!
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Judges can determine fair justice far better than any inane federal mandate.
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All working parents should have paid family leave. That's one of many reasons I'm working to elect Hillary Clinton. She has a plan to guarantee workers - men and women - up to 12 weeks of paid family leave to care for a new child or a seriously ill family member.
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Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.
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Social conditions that spur large numbers of people into action are ignored in favor of a Hollywood version of history focusing on one conquering hero. Since a movement for social change is embodied in its leader, death of the leader means death of the movement.
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Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
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Many people love in themselves what they hate in others.
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We interpret our agreement with the IMF - our participation in the IMF's system of cooperation - as a borrowing agreement. The IMF sees it as an economic policy agreement. This is not in our interest.
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The red-carpet thing of premieres and parties is probably my least favourite part of my job.
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My music is bejewelled, it's colourful, it's romantic, it shines.
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I crocheted a blanket larger than a king-size bed. I just kept going.
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Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.
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I didn't get a lot of awards as a player. But they did have a Bob Uecker Day Off for me once in Philly.
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As Americans after 9/11, we're much more united, together as a nation, and we got stronger, better, and more at peace. By peace, I mean the harmony you can feel in our united determination to fight these terrorists and killers.
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I usually start my day when my kids wake up.
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It's not an accident that both my sister and I are writers. Our parents created an accidental Petri dish. My family has great storytellers, and I grew up in a very funny, conversational house and didn't have television. This small family farm was a bubble world that didn't have much to do with reality.
