Elizabeth Strout Quotes
I'm so deeply interested in what it feels like to be other people that I get to operate under the illusion when I'm writing fiction that I'm not really revealing that much about myself. But, of course, I am, and I know that I am. And yet there's this sort of membrane that I get to work behind as I write my fiction, and I love it.
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There's a long history of private-company cooperation with the NSA that dates back to at least the 1970s.
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That a majority of the Abolitionists in this place would patronize a free labor store, in preference to others, I do not doubt; but we do not muster money in Cincinnati.
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Common Core results finally give families an accurate barometer of whether our kids are mastering the skills they need to succeed in a knowledge-based global economy, early enough that we can intervene.
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I would love to do a film with a lot of humor in it: a comedy with pain instead of a painful film with some comedy.
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Bipartisanship is really tough to achieve when everyone on both sides is left with a bad, bad taste in their mouths.
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We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.
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You can't say what the outcome of a competition is going to be, so now I am ready to accept any result that comes my way, if I give my best shot.
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My wife never throws anything at me that I can't handle.
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I think a lot of people want me to be like the characters in the books: they want that kind of congruence.
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Many think kids have lots of time and few responsibilities. And that's just not true. They are stressed and under pressure.
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I do confess to being the exasperated, bossy, know-it-all, overachieving big sister.
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The journey matters as much as the goal.
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Every action is seen to fall into one of three main categories, guarding, hitting, or moving. Here, then, are the elements of combat, whether in war or pugilism.
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I know enough about European politics to know you've got a lot of crazy people who make their way onto the ballot.
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I never thought of myself as a performer or songwriter or singer.
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The Supreme Court has insulted you over and over again, Lord. They've taken your Bible away from the schools. They've forbidden little children to pray. They've taken the knowledge of God as best they can, and organizations have come into court to take the knowledge of God out of the public square of America.
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There is great treasure there behind our skull and this is true about all of us. This little treasure has great, great powers, and I would say we only have learnt a very, very small part of what it can do.
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I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young.
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Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.
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Everybody in our family studied a musical instrument. My father was really big on that. Somehow I only took a year or two of piano lessons and I convinced my father to let me take dancing lessons.
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The idea that the family is this locus of support but can also hold you back and keep you down makes for good drama.
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I play a lot of Playstation, and always trying to look pretty for the girls.
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The cloud removes the barriers to entry associated with traditional IT investments - meaning even the smallest companies can benefit from enterprise-class services.
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I'm so deeply interested in what it feels like to be other people that I get to operate under the illusion when I'm writing fiction that I'm not really revealing that much about myself. But, of course, I am, and I know that I am. And yet there's this sort of membrane that I get to work behind as I write my fiction, and I love it.
