Elizabeth Meriwether Quotes
The striking thing about 'New Girl' is that under all the comedy, there's something about the emotions and reactions that feels very real - much more real than other sitcoms. Like - maybe everybody is sort of laid bare in different ways.
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To be honest, marriage doesn't scare me and that, it's just once you've been together for so long, if you haven't got any kids it's just a big expensive day out for everyone else to enjoy, isn't it?
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The kindest word to describe my performance in school was Sloth.
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Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.
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Not raising the debt ceiling is not an automatic trigger for a default.
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Hebrew is the language I use to thank the Creator and, also, to swear on the road.
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I've found that the most engaging and satisfying author events I've done are with other people, where the conversation is spontaneous. I think that is by far the better way to introduce and promote a book.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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Women empowerment does not mean you create complex among men. Then it will take 20 more years to empower men. It is all about evolving as a soul, as a human being. It does not mean that you become a sexist.
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The surveillance of ordinary people is far greater than I would have imagined and far greater than the American public has been able to debate.
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Take me, I am the drug; take me, I am hallucinogenic.
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The whole story of the comfort women, the system of forced sexual slavery, the medical experiments of Unit 731, is not something that is in the US psyche. That is changing because many books are coming out.
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Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
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I would love a family. I'm at the age where the wish for a child gets stronger. But who knows.
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But if I played well and prepared myself properly, then all I had to do was control myself and put myself in a position to win.
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The man that got me into collecting sneakers in the first place was the man they call Michael Jordan. He was the one who kind of exposed me to the sneaker world - he was my favorite basketball player, and he had the best shoes.
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The best V-Day gift I've ever received was a personalized photo collage.
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Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.
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Privacy isn't negotiable. It's the right of every American.
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As a writer, I have to admit, there is something darkly compelling about Alzheimer's because it attacks the two things most central to a writer's craft - language and memory, which together make up an individual's identity. Alzheimer's makes a new character out of a familiar person.
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Listening to music for me is like homework. Music will give me enjoyment, but as soon as it's giving me that enjoyment, I want to analyse it, and then it becomes work. Why does it sound like that? How?... then I dissect it.
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There's ageism in everything. I don't give a hoot. It isn't what other people think; it's what you think. But it's hard to come to terms with getting older. I admire people like Vivienne Westwood.
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Of course you can find something exciting and dynamic in any character you want to portray.
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I like the medium boys. Not real perfect, but not too bad, either.
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The striking thing about 'New Girl' is that under all the comedy, there's something about the emotions and reactions that feels very real - much more real than other sitcoms. Like - maybe everybody is sort of laid bare in different ways.
