Elizabeth Wilson Quotes
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The Supreme Court is not elected, and it is therefore not a proper arbiter of social policy.
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I always loved cars. I don't know why, I can't explain it to you. It has always been with me.
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Too many executives I've met over the years have the mentality of a bodybuilder; they've come to accept the idea that growth is synonymous with success.
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What really matters is what's on the inside.
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It's true; once you are a father, there's no turning back. Your heart strings as well as your purse strings are never again the same.
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We have shown that it is possible to create a radioactivity characterized by the emission of positive or negative electrons in boron and magnesium by bombardment with alpha rays.
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You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.
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And also, it's sort of my job to make you believe things about him that aren't true about me.
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My voice is not good enough for me to sing a song.
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I like to be underdressed rather than overdressed. For an event or a premiere, it's fun to dress up more - then I like to experiment.
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I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person I think I am, the people who irritate me, and the people I'd like to be.
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That you get booed belongs to professional sports.
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The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity.
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I was from a tough neighborhood, and we didn't have a lot of money, but my dad worked hard, and my mom is good at budgeting things. That made me appreciate things.
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The mainstream sort of presentation of the civil rights movement was not something that I directly inherited.
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Personally I had the opportunity to go on several ride alongs with the LA County Sheriff's Department with some amazing detectives, who were invaluable to me.
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I am very busy and don't have a lot of down time, but I write my best songs in those situations. I enjoy my life the most when I have a bunch of things going on at the same time.
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I'm a fast learner. I may not run as fast as I used to, but I think I still learn as fast.
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I read a very romantic book when I was young, when I was in college: Rilke's 'Letters to a Young Poet.' And I've always felt that if you are in any kind of an artistic, creative endeavor, and you feel there's something else you can do for a living and be happy, I think you should do something else.
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Prison widens your circle of friends. In my stand-up, I can now talk about things that no one else has the right to touch.
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My advice for writers is to get a good day job. It takes the pressure off writing if you have a job that pays the bills.
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We at The Web Standards Project turned everything on its head. We said browsers should support the same standards instead of competing to invent new tags and scripting languages. We said designers, developers, and content folks should create one site that was accessible to everyone.
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Dogs who live in each other's company are calm and pragmatic, never showing the desperate need to make known their needs and feelings or to communicate their observations, as some hysterical dogs who know only the company of our species are likely to do.
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I had no desire to be a star and a star's responsibility.
