Elizabeth Kenny Quotes
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In America, there's a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world.
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I am constantly accused of being 'First World.' So what should I do? I can't apologise for my environment, upbringing, aesthetic.
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A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world.
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Lanai at one time grew 98% of the world's pineapples. But the world's pineapples are now grown in two places, Costa Rica and Panama, because no one wants to spend $45 for a pineapple from the United States.
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Learn about the world, the way it works, any kind of science and anthropology, it's really an interesting place we live in. Evolution is a really fantastic idea, even more than the idea of God I think.
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Getting married and then having children just centered me and grounded my values. It was like a whole new world. It started happening in New York with a little play called Cruise Control, where I relaxed, and then I kept getting work in Hollywood till this series happened.
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When you're devoted to a greater freedom in the world, you're willing to compromise something you love.
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Even in my side of the world, I've been in publishing for what, 25 or 26 years, and it's gone from being a gentlemen's club to being a few big players, and it's very corporatised.
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There are certain places in the world that are kind of energy vortexes, which are phenomenal.
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If a person with a bullet in Dallas can change the world, imagine a person with an idea could do.
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I am a citizen of the world, and also a citizen of Ukraine.
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We live in a world where it's difficult to be a woman who is strong and confident, so I like to surround myself with friends that embody that same principle and idea.
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BRAC originated in the 1960s under President Kennedy as the Department of Defense (DOD) had to realign its base structure after World War II and the Korean War. At that time, the DOD was able to close bases without congressional interference, and 60 bases were closed in the 1960s.
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Darn the wheel of the world! Why must it continually turn over? Where is the reverse gear?
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I'm into sincerity in music and sincerity in art. If it doesn't feel true, I don't want to do it. Things that are too dramatic scare me. I think that's why I don't always fit into the world of performing arts.
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Some of the most common pitfalls I see occur when authors don't check their privilege. Billions are living in a personal apocalypse right this second, so a little research and empathy can go a long way toward developing a convincing world.
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'Whiplash' was always the song I hated the most because it's a song designed to screw with drummers.
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There's no question that tar sands in Canada are probably the largest source of oil available to the U.S. over a long period of time. There's as much oil in the tar sands probably as there is in Saudi Arabia. The problem is, there's a huge capital requirement to develop that.
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To be respected as an actor it doesn't help to be seen out in the clubs.
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I've been quite fascinated by the relative insignificance of human existence, the shortness of life. We might as well be a letter in a word in a sentence on a page in a book in a library in a city in one country in this enormous universe! And that kind of fear and insignificance has kept me awake at night.
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When I was starting out, young actresses had the studio system to protect them. Now you have a host of sharks, from your agent to your publicist to your lawyer.
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I realized I didn't need to go to work every day. I could work for the pleasure and the challenge, not for the mortgage payment.
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I think it's better to be involved in one or two movies a year.
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I have a message to give to the world, and I shall not be thwarted.
