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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Programs that encourage mentorship, workshops that teach women how to self advocate, and even employee resource groups that are focused on women in the workplace are all very powerful outlets that foster safe-space conversations.
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If people want to take the time to vote, they should be able to, and their vote should be counted.
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I had been struggling to get roles in Hollywood for three and a half years after leaving the WWE. Then I finally got an agent - the agent I have now. He's a great guy, but he turned me down three times before he even decided to take me on a as a client.
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When I shop, I only do it when I really have to do it for something. I don't like to try on clothing like that - as much I love looking fly.
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There is nothing in my life where I view myself as a 1920s person.
