Elizabeth Janeway Quotes
The surprise of animals... in and out, cats and dogs and a milk goat and chickens and guinea hens, all taken for granted, as if man was intended to live on terms of friendly intercourse with the rest of creation instead of huddling in isolation on the fourteenth floor of an apartment house in a city where animals occurred behind bars in the zoo.
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When I was right out of college, I felt competitive with some of the guys in my class over career stuff.
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What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.
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Comic books aren't nerdy. You'd have to be an idiot to think computers are nerdy.
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There is no such thing as a weekend for me when I'm at home on my ranch in Oregon.
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You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer.
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It takes a lot of dedication to quit smoking, and whether you give up for good on your first try or have to give it a couple of tries - just keep swinging at it and you will succeed.
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The first week Banks was with us, we knew he was going to be a star.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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Saving enough to retire has become impossible for most Americans.
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My education was very tough.
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I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.
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I continually acted up to get attention. My father gave me that, and once he left, I felt that I didn't have any.
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It takes a lot of courage to face up to things you can't do because we feed ourselves so much denial.
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With an ocean between you and your European friends, you have to keep them in your heart.
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The way I see politics is, I don't think it's cynical to accept the fact politicians are human beings, that they're flawed, and they represent the best and the worst of us.
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You can only live to be so old, then you gotta let go.
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All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife. Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.
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America's presidents tend to die young. Maybe it is in the nature of the men who reach such heights, or of the job once they attain it.
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A philosopher is someone who says, 'We know it's possible in practice; we're trying to work out if it's possible in principle!'
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You do wonder - when you are at 28,000 feet, the height that aeroplanes cruise at, when you are struggling to draw breath and every limb aches - why do I do this?
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Loss of hope rather than loss of life is what decides the issues of war. But helplessness induces hopelessness.
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Economy is the first and great article (economy such as I understand it) in my financial creed. The controversy between direct and indirect taxation holds a minor, though important place.
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I find that when I put my spiritual life first, the rest of my life is easy. When I put my career first, that's when I have problems.
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The surprise of animals... in and out, cats and dogs and a milk goat and chickens and guinea hens, all taken for granted, as if man was intended to live on terms of friendly intercourse with the rest of creation instead of huddling in isolation on the fourteenth floor of an apartment house in a city where animals occurred behind bars in the zoo.
