Elizabeth Janeway Quotes
I admire people who are suited to the contemplative life. They can sit inside themselves like honey in a jar and just be.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm so tired of stories starting, 'Maud Jones was walking her dog down Broadway.' You've got to go over to the back page somewhere to finally find out the damn dog was run over by a truck. Get the thing told, for heaven's sake. Everybody doesn't have to be an O. Henry.
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No religion makes more use of color than Hinduism, with its blue-skinned gods and peony-lipped goddesses, and even the spring festival of Holi is focused on color: Boys squirt arcs of dyed water on passersby or dump powder, all violently hued, on their marks.
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The colonel replied that he didn't care how my men had got the job done. He was happy that it had been accomplished. He said that, obviously, no matter how much or how little I knew technically, I was able to get the best out of people I worked with.
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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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Big Business can make laws as easily as it can break them - and with as little impunity.
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It is the function of the President, representing the executive principle, to execute the laws.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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Escapism makes a lot of intuitive sense - whisk people away from their cares with stories of a better life.
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
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But we will play 6, 7 new songs each evening, approximately a third in the concert. I think it's a good balance. It will be very interesting to see the public's reaction. But i think when we'll play the very first new piece, we will be scared.
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I do love traveling, so I've been able to travel a lot.
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Truth never damages a cause that is just.
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I think there's no higher calling in terms of a career than public service, which is a chance to make a difference in people's lives and improve the world.
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I did my thesis on clowns. It's a powerful thing when you've got this little red nose on. It's a mask, the smallest in the world, but it unveils you. You stand up there and do these exercises that free you, let you play, and see what comes out. What comes out is the truth.
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If I could travel back in time, I'd bring back the entire Wu-Tang Clan.
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Things get so sloppy when you're under the influence.
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Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time.
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Wild animals would not stay in a country where there were so many people. Pa did not like to stay, either. He liked a country where the wild animals lived without being afraid.
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I could not cherish London and not value Jewish London. The contribution of Jews to London is immense - politically, economically, culturally, intellectually, philanthropically, artistically.
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Nostalgia can be extremely powerful in the right hands: think of the intense longing in the films Andrei Tarkovsky made after he left the U.S.S.R. They wring your soul.
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We cannot ask in behalf of Christ what Christ would not ask Himself if He were praying.
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I admire people who are suited to the contemplative life. They can sit inside themselves like honey in a jar and just be.
