Elizabeth Taylor Quotes
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But only art and music have the power to bring peace.
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I ended up in the US for a month or so, before moving to Montreal with some Romanian friends.
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My dad tells me that he took us to a pantomime when I was very, very small - panto being a sort of English phenomenon. There's traditionally a part of the show where they'll invite kids up on the stage to interact with the show. I was too young to remember this, but my dad says that I was running up onstage before they even asked us.
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I want to be in 'Glee', but I'm told I'm not famous enough to be a cameo yet.
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The human mind, if it is to keep its sanity, must maintain the nicest balance between unity and plurality.
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Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker seemed so sophisticated and bad. I wanted to be like that.
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If I weren't a performer, I would be still be writing and songwriting. Plus, I also really want to get into producing.
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My mother is a proud Brazilian. I love visiting my family in Rio; the city and its people are so vibrant and amazing.
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It's just my aesthetic: to want to feel a bit undone, effortless but not without style.
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Science is global. Einstein's equation, E=mc2, has to reach everywhere. Science is a beautiful gift to humanity, we should not distort it. Science does not differentiate between multiple races.
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My mother was very strong on me to go to college. No one had ever been to college, including my parents.
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Study is the bane of childhood, the oil of youth, the indulgence of adulthood, and a restorative in old age.
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Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
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Sometimes I feel like music has made love to me.
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What's important to me is people just being people.
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My favorite short-story writer is John Cheever.
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You must make sure that the majority of the people are not marginalized.
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The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency.
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Poker is a game where you don't have to have the best hand to win. Poker is really reading other people and reading human emotion, which certainly comes into play in business.
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I know of no greater work for humanity than in the cause of peace, which can only be achieved by the earnest efforts of nations and peoples.
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The one [The Beverly Hillbillies] flaw in this is that you can't hear the people laughing.
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Your margin is my opportunity.
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Read. As much as you can. As deeply and widely and nourishingly and irritatingly as you can. And the good things will make you remember them, so you won't need to take notes.
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It's not the having, it's the getting.
