Elizabeth Marshall Thomas Quotes

Once you're known to be an alcoholic, that's how many people identify you, which could be a reason not to talk about it.

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• Going to bed can cause imaginary conversations you should have had with certain people or real conversations with your brother who is calling from a bar in a different time zone.

  

  W. Bruce Cameron
  • People
  • Time
  • Different

• Being typecast is the enemy of any actor, so if you can try to do something that flips on the head peoples' ideas of who you are or what you can do, that's my biggest aim.

  

  Owain Yeoman
  • Ideas
  • Enemy
  • Try

• The idea of revenge coming from a 14-year-old girl isn't, you know, exactly right.

  

  Hailee Steinfeld
  • Girl
  • Know
  • Revenge

• I only seek in my old age to perfect that which I had not before thoroughly learned in my youth, because my sins were a hindrance to me.

  

  Saint Patrick
  • Age
  • Perfect
  • Youth

• I believe the collapse of the House of Windsor is tied in with the collapse of the Church of England.

  

  A. N. Wilson
  • Believe
  • House
  • Church

• As Senator, I will always put the health and safety of New Hampshire's families first.

  

  Maggie Hassan
  • Health
  • Safety
  • New

• There's only two givens with choosing acting as a profession: one is you will always be unemployed, always, and it doesn't matter how much money you make, you're still always going to be unemployed; and that you have no power.

  

  Frances McDormand
  • Money
  • Power
  • Acting

• The devil made me do it.

  

  Flip Wilson
  • Me
  • Made
  • Devil

• When God calls a man to be upright and pure and generous, he also calls him to be intelligent and skillful, and strong and brave.

  

  Orison Swett Marden
  • God
  • Man
  • Strong

• The problem with the Iranian regime, of course is, one, its unsettling effects on the Sunnis, particularly Saudi Arabia, and, secondly, its potential threat to Israel.

  

  Zbigniew Brzezinski
  • Problem
  • Potential
  • Israel

• I don't know if I would call myself a religious human.

  

  Zosia Mamet
  • Know
  • Myself
  • Religious

• I think that that's so true for a lot of first responder families and military families. If you ask them, 'Is there anything I can do for you?', they almost always will not ask for that help.

  

  Taya Kyle
  • True
  • Help
  • Military

• Design can successfully bind the ancient nomadic cultures with today's global marketplace, ensuring the preservation of traditions and knowledge for further generations. This aspect of research is obviously rich in its business potential as well.

  

  Yelena Baturina
  • Business
  • Today
  • Knowledge

• I'm not really one of those people who believes that if you're a musician you can just leave that behind and start getting into politics.

  

  Damon Albarn Blur
  • People
  • Politics
  • Start

• Well, I certainly did not think that I could do worse.

  

  D. W. Griffith
  • Think
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  • Did

• I dreamed about this as a kid, that I would write - and people would read - a whole series of books. I feel accomplished, giddy, and tired. Mostly, though, I feel thankful. A trilogy is a huge investment on the part of author, publisher, and reader, and I'm grateful that so many people were willing to invest along with me.

  

  Rae Carson
  • People
  • Tired
  • Author

• I joke that we're not dissimilar to a rock band in the '70s.

  

  Isaac Hanson Hanson
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  • Rock
  • Joke

• I'll get up at 5 or 6. I try to catch up on sleep on the weekends, so I'll try to get seven hours of sleep. During the week, my ideal is to go to bed at 9 and wake up six hours later.

  

  Wendy Kopp
  • Up
  • Sleep
  • Week

• I just gotta keep reminding myself: Every time I do an interview or something, my volition really has to be just to serve, to help people. Not to feel like I'm important.

  

  Rivers Cuomo Weezer
  • People
  • Time
  • Important

• I have a girlfriend, but I don't really want to talk about her. I won't name her. She isn't in show business, has nothing to do with it. So I'd rather just keep her out of it.

  

  Luke Perry
  • Business
  • She
  • Girlfriend

• I can only speak for myself, and hope people hear my words and see me on television speaking for myself. And, hopefully, they'll be able to make their own judgment. And at the end of the day, I just want my work to speak for itself.

  

  Jennifer Lopez
  • People
  • Work
  • Hope

• From a spectator point of view, Test cricket is not important; people hardly watch Test cricket. But as a player, Tests are the real thing. You have to concentrate for five days. It's a lot of time, and not easy to do it day in and day out. If people have played 70-100 Tests, it's a lot of cricket, a lot of concentration and dedication.

  

  Yuvraj Singh
  • People
  • Time
  • Important

• The best way to boost the economy is to redistribute wealth downward, as poorer people tend to spend a higher proportion of their income.

  

  Ha-Joon Chang
  • People

• Once you're known to be an alcoholic, that's how many people identify you, which could be a reason not to talk about it.

  

  Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
  • People