Elizabeth Thornton Quotes
Objective leaders identify their unproductive mental models and tweak them for greater effectiveness.
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Will Smith said if I ever need some help, he was there for me.
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Sometimes a famous subject may even outlive his own obituary writer.
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Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.
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As a major contemporary composer, Madonna should not let the eye dictate to the ear.
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My family always encouraged my drawing ability. Kids in school who teased me about my reading would get out of their seats and stand behind my desk as I worked and go, 'Wow, you can really draw.' Later, I earned a degree in Fine Art and got a Ph.D. in Art History.
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I've always believed in myself, and it's such a long competition over two days, you can't worry about what anyone else is doing.
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The idea that there is a rational truth out there that is not embodied in a person's politics is something I can't understand or subscribe to.
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If you can't hear language, you won't be able to understand language and experience normal development. Every minute spent without hearing is a minute a child is not getting back.
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Songs sometimes are so connected to the sociology of the time.
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The reality is that politicians, in terms of the amount of power they wield and the amount that they work, don't actually make that much money.
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When I made '101 Reykjavik,' people talked about 'Almodovar on ice.' When I made 'The Sea,' people referenced Bergman.
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I have been called many things in my life, but if there has been but one constant, one barb, one arrow flung my way time after time, it is the accusation that I am, in essence, nothing more than an escapist. Apparently this is bad, suspect, possibly even un-American.
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I expect to win. I've never been content with anything I've ever done.
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I'm not a birthday person. Maybe because I don't like to build expectations around that one day. You never know how it'll turn out to be.
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I call myself a chameleon.
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Ginger: Get off it, Mo. If I can't ogle, I don't want to be part of your revolution.
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If compelled to indicate my religion on an immigration blank, I might be tempted to put down the word 'Taoist,' to the amazement of the customs officer who probably never heard of it.
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Seek to understand the root. - It is futile to argue as to which single leaf, which design of branch, or which attractive flower you like; when you understand the root, you understand all its blossoming.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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The writers who inspire me most are all women: Enid Blyton, Agatha Christie, Margaret Mitchell and Emily and Charlotte Bronte. As for contemporary novels, one of my favourites is 'Everyone Brave is Forgiven' by Chris Cleave. It's the sort of book to read if you've fallen out of love with reading - it reminds you just how brilliant novels can be.
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I'll only retire in the day I should be dead and they have me buried, and some idiot spell over my casket some stupid gospel stuff.
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All that you touchYou Change. All that you ChangeChanges you. The only lasting truthIs Change. GodIs Change.
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Winning doesn't mean my book is better than anyone else's. It means I'm very fortunate. And I should be very, very aware of that. And grateful.
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Objective leaders identify their unproductive mental models and tweak them for greater effectiveness.
