Elizabeth McGovern Quotes
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The problem is foster youth don't really have this network that other kids have.
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I uplift people and see the good in a bad situation. The worst is I'm very critical of myself. If I do a performance, I watch it 100 times afterwards and pick it apart.
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I was excited when King's College announced a scholarship for students who are in developing countries.
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Peoples do not defy repression and death, nor do they remain for nights on end protesting energetically, just because of merely formal matters.
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But as a young kid, I never did, really have an ambition to be a farmer. I never thought, gee, I would like to farm, and I want to raise these crops. I didn't quite know what I wanted to do.
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I know I could be the host of 'SportsCenter' in two years if I changed my show today to sports.
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I wanted to be a bull rider when I grew up.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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If I could travel back in time, I'd bring back the entire Wu-Tang Clan.
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I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed.
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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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The joy of winning is not as dramatic as the losses were, because I expected us to win.
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Life is a series of steps. Things are done gradually. Once in a while there is a giant step, but most of the time we are taking small, seemingly insignificant steps on the stairway of life.
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There's always going to be someone with a bigger toy than yours.
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Many people find themselves with illness as they become successful: higher blood pressure and diabetes.
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I don't write a great song every day. I don't write a great song every couple weeks. It comes in such random times.
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Title IX came along and changed a lot of things for the better, but nevertheless, it meant that money became more important.
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There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive.
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On 'Paranormal Activity,' it worked to my advantage not to have much of a crew, but on a bigger movie, where you have to work with a larger group of people who basically become your second family for a few months, it can be a great experience. Even though all of my projects are small scale compared to most Hollywood productions.
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I came to the United States in the early '80s and was welcomed with open arms and given the opportunity to pursue my dreams. God has been very kind to us. My family and I are fortunate enough to be successful and we feel a tremendous responsibility and obligation to give back to our great country.
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I moved back to Boston and joined some of my Harvard classmates at Bain & Co. I quickly realized I enjoyed business.
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Reading has been a part of my life ever since I was born.
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Sorrow was made for man, not for beasts; yet if men encourage melancholy too much, they become no better than beasts.
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There is nothing in my life where I view myself as a 1920s person.
