Elizabeth Goudge Quotes
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We're going to lose more species, acidify the oceans more, do damage that it will take millions of years - if not longer - to unwind. Exactly how much damage will we do? How deep will those scars run? We don't know yet. But we will turn the ship.
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Fiji had experienced the ordeal of two military coups.
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I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.
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To say that I am pro life is just wrong. I am personally pro-choice and legislatively pro-choice.
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I have no tattoos that I regret - I have had some that I have had changed according to how my life was.
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I was leftwing, I am leftwing, and I will die leftwing.
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The shelf life of the average trade book is somewhere between milk and yogurt.
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My whole life has been a huge mistake, but what a divine mistake - doing something that I adore.
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Many novice writers try to avoid using 'said' by substituting synonyms: 'he uttered,' 'she murmured,' 'he questioned.' It's true that any word repeated too often becomes monotonous, but substitutions for 'said' can be worse than its repetition.
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Time is change; we measure its passing by how much things alter.
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When I'm depressed, I definitely comfort eat, but I also eat when I'm happy. The only time I don't eat is if I am terribly nervous.
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For me the purest and truest art in the world is science fiction.
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You can't come out on a record dissing the system and be on a label that's connected to the system.
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We owe it to our children to equip them with all the capabilities they'll need to thrive in the limitless world beyond the classrooms.
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The acceptance that all that is solid has melted into the air, that reality and morality are not givens but imperfect human constructs, is the point from which fiction begins.
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Working on movies made me realize how fluid the medium of film was.
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I have this fear of falling in front of large groups of people. That's why I tend not to wear heels.
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Losing their reproductive rights is the first step to how women live in Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan.
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I literally couldn't walk down the street; I slept for 16 hours a day, was in chronic pain, had blackouts, never-ending heart palpitations, unbearable stomach issues, constant headaches - the list goes on.
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I have no illusions about our elected politicians. Pakistani democracy is anything but perfect.
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We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.
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Just because you work in the fashion industry, it doesn't mean you live your life in fashion.
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The perfect moment, once lost, is not easily found again.
