Elizabeth McCracken Quotes
I'm a higgledy-piggledy person in every way. On days that I work, I work for eight hours in a row, with my internet access entirely turned off, locked in my office.
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I like the diversity that my children are exposed to every day.
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I like the way hip-hop is now. It's grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
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Every step of progress the world has made has been from scaffold to scaffold, and from stake to stake.
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I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.
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The artistic part of us all - I think that the easiest way to appreciate this - is through architecture. Architecture is very impressive; the beauty of buildings, temples.
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You have to interpret what's hot to make it work on yourself. If tweed suits are in, but you're not a suit kind of girl, wear the jacket with jeans and a pair of Converses.
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I don't think the lifestyle that I have, the things going on in my life right now, you could put that on any 23-year-old kid. But, you know, I was raised right, and I'm prepared for whatever.
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To do a really good interview, you have to be truly interested in the person.
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When I listen to President Obama speak to and about women, he sometimes sounds too paternalistic for my taste.
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Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.
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I've really written my books for my husband and our family. They've brought us closer together by allowing us to discuss things that were unspoken for so long.
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I get mad quick and and go off at the handle quick.
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In business, you're the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand.
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I love Adele; she's a timeless, classic beauty. I think she's beautiful. She's just a real woman.
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There is a misconception that young Muslim women are oppressed. That simply isn't the case. I choose to dress modestly and choose to cover my hair with a hijab; not all Muslim women make that choice, and that's okay. We are all different!
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Putin can't afford to leave the office because he will be in real danger of being prosecuted for things he and his people did during their stay in power.
Garry Kasparov -
In 1930, I was at the top of my career. I won the Most Valuable Player award.
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You want all your books to stick around after you've gone.
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Sculpture is something you bump into when you back up to look at a painting.
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We know a roofleaf is not Jesus Christ, but in its own humble way, is it not God?
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The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.
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To have a simultaneous global audience as an artist is more than you could ever hope for.
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I feel that I don't have to wait around for good scripts anymore, that I can get things moving more quickly. I can ring up directors I like and say I'm keen to work with them, which is pretty great.
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I'm a higgledy-piggledy person in every way. On days that I work, I work for eight hours in a row, with my internet access entirely turned off, locked in my office.
