Elizabeth Taylor Quotes
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Scoring the first 10 in history was a big deal, but the fact that even an electronic scoreboard could not figure out how to put out a score, it made the story more historic.
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As the arteries grow hard, the heart grows soft.
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The reason that the all-American boy prefers beauty to brains is that he can see better than he can think.
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It scares me to think that one day I'm not going to be in school anymore.
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Most tragic mistake in history occurred when the United States joined the U.N.
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When you have all these traces of trash moving around, you can ask yourself how can we make the system more efficient. Then we can make better decisions. And perhaps we will not throw away the plastic bottles that go every day to the dump.
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An actor has to embody a role.
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I really bonded with my mom, growing up, through our love of horror movies!
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I'll never totally get away from being who I am, which first, to many, is the daughter of Nat King Cole, which became even more intensified with the 'Unforgettable' album.
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I can be a bit extreme. I'll spend too much time running round the park, doing yoga and drinking green tea. I can get a bit obsessive. I have to rein it in sometimes.
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I'm a terrific mimic, and you can feel my funny bone.
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What I found particularly fascinating and satisfying about the Hindu tradition was its spirit of inclusiveness. In Sanatan Dharma, or what is commonly called Hinduism, I discovered the basic truths of all religions in a way that the oneness of God and religion is comprehensively understood.
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My day goes from one embarrassing moment to the next.
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Only when I came to America did I think of myself as British.
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Cynicism, I contend, is the wailing of someone who believes that things are, or should be, or could be, much, much better than they are.
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Marriage takes work - it doesn't just happen.
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Telling the community a serial killer is out there stirs up a lot of unpleasant attention.
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It's what every writer needs: a daybed.
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The one thing that makes me feel super lucky about my financial success is that I have a housekeeper.
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Once I have a hook I think has potential - enough to spin out more than a hundred thousand words, then I start turning my attention to characters. Who are these people? Why did this thing happen to them? But the hook always comes first.
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Sometimes, when I hear people without experience of addiction blame addicts for their behaviour I feel like saying to them: "You simply don't understand - how can a child be held responsible for doing such a dreadful thing to himself?" But then again, at other times I have to acknowledge: it was done wilfully.
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In economics, unlike fiction and the theater, there is no harm in a premature disclosure of the plot: it is to see the changes just mentioned and others as an interlocked whole.
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The essential elements of giving are power and love - activity and affection - and the consciousness of the race testifies that in the high and appropriate exercise of these is a blessedness greater than any other.
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So much to do, so little done, such things to be.
