Elizabeth Smart Quotes
I must spin good ghosts out of my hope to oppose the hordes at my window. If those who look in see me condescend to barricade the door, they will know too much and crowd in to overcome me.
Quotes to Explore
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On Earth, men are seen as superior because of their physical strength, but it means nothing in space, where there is no gravity.
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High-energy collisions have led to the observation of many hundreds of new hadronic particle states. These new particles, which are generally unstable, appear to be just as fundamental as the neutron and the proton.
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To receive everything, one must open one's hands and give.
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I've had Irish skin from the time I was a young girl.
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If you're not kind, then you won't be attractive to me personally because that spirit shines through and makes people attractive.
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When the British became Christian, Christianity in no way altered their political organisation.
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I always like to have a buffer between me and journalism in general. Not just a reporter, but journalism.
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I am not antigovernment. I would not run a campaign against government.
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I think I always try to be accommodating and open and available and proving for my director. I love to give as many takes as they want. I love to give them as many choices as they want.
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When you're young and you're in love and it doesn't work out - it hurts.
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I guess the reality is, everybody today has so many gadgets.
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Beijing was a huge slap in the face, and it forced me to look at myself. I have to realise that this is my life.
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I was never a Boy Scout, but oh, I wanted to be one when I was a kid about ten or eleven years old. But there wasn't anyplace where I could ever join the Boy Scouts.
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I just can't see myself as a trophy wife. I can't imagine not having my own life.
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It is a waste of money to help those who show no desire to help themselves.
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Phoebe Wolkind Ephron cracked wise like Dorothy Parker and looked like Katharine Hepburn.
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The problem with dragons is that everyone uses them. All the time. When that happens, they become commonplace. A lot of people think you can just throw them into a story and suddenly whatever you're writing is 28% cooler. But that doesn't work. All that does is make dragons into some boring cliche.
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I think anyone who gives you relationship advice goes off of past relationships they have that didn't work. You've got to follow your own path.
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If you're a fiction writer, though, I can tell you how to let people talk through you. Listen. Just be quiet, and listen. Let the character talk. Don't censor, don't control. Listen, and write.
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The opposite of an underminer is a supporter. When colleagues are supportive, they go out of their way to be givers rather than takers, working to enhance our productivity, make us look good, share ideas, and provide timely help.
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I think that after a year of Portishead I've become a little more sober.
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Think with the big head, man! Think with the big head!
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I must spin good ghosts out of my hope to oppose the hordes at my window. If those who look in see me condescend to barricade the door, they will know too much and crowd in to overcome me.
