Elizabeth Taylor Quotes
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Whatever has happened to you in your past has no power over this present moment, because life is now.
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I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.
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I am a keen observer of my own films; I also try to discover myself through the movies I make.
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Far too many candidates wear their faith on their sleeve.
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There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
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The kind of cynical politics of divide and conquer, that's shameful stuff, and I don't know - people live their life like that, but I don't know how they look back and feel good about themselves.
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Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment.
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This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.
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I have to accept the fact that, no matter what I do, it's going to annoy someone.
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Most Americans are more concerned about the economy and job creation. And they can't understand why the Obama administration or the Democrat majority in Congress wants to pass a bill like the cap-and-trade tax that will cost us jobs, that will hurt our economy, that will drive up costs for families, as well as for small businesses.
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If you're governor of a state, and you have nothing to say when the president attacks the people that you represent, you are complicit.
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I'm thought to be a tough writer, but I'm really a softie.
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My movies are painfully personal, but I'm never trying to let you know how personal they are. It's my job to make it be personal, and also to disguise that so only I or the people who know me know how personal it is. 'Kill Bill' is a very personal movie.
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I love a microphone and a big crowd; I'm an entertainer, I guess.
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My three husbands were afraid of me. I am a very powerful woman.
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Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment.
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There is no truly global justice.
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I am a person who is trained to look other people in the eye.
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When you are on assignment, you stick to the facts, limit your vision, and often cut out the most revealing material. There is no texture, no shades of gray. In fiction, you can bring the reader on the perilous journey with your characters as they discover that war is more like a wilderness of mirrors, full of danger and uncertainty.
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I hate that word, mature, but I guess I am growing up.
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I think a lot of people want people who actually have qualities they don't find attractive as a way of being able to change them. It's fascinating, because people think if they can change the other person, they can change themselves. It's a complex phenomenon. It's a fantasy that's actually about being able to come to terms with ourselves.
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In order to dance professionally, you have to start at a young age. No matter what, your muscle structure and your bones have to be groomed from a very young age. Nobody wakes up at 17 and decides to become a ballet dancer.
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I don't have a radio or TV going all the time. It's very important to have awareness, to know when you tense up and then to stop that.
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I think I'm finally growing up - and about time.
