Elizabeth Wurtzel Quotes
Sometimes I think that I was forced to withdraw into depression because it was the only rightful protest I could throw in the face of a world that said it was alright for people to come and go as they please, that there were simply no real obligations left.
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I could work in the shower if I had plastic paper.
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I don't see myself as ever being like anybody else.
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People assume when my hair is long that I am a lot cooler than I actually am. I am not opposed to this misconception, by the way, but it is a misconception.
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How can you be on top of the things you do? I think when you are involved in a business, first of all you need to know the business. After that you know the business, you can - the numbers tell you what is happening. You can read with the numbers.
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It would be hard to ignore the absence of democracy in any Arab nation.
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I go to Malawi twice a year. It's where two of my children were adopted from, and I have a lot of projects there that I go and check up on and children who I look after. It's sort of a commitment that I've made to this country and the hundreds of thousands of children there who have been orphaned by AIDS.
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Being at the Apollo, I was always starstruck.
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I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it.
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No good actor ever stops learning. He is constantly evolving.
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Facetiousness is allowable when it is the most proper instrument of exposing things apparently base and vile to due contempt.
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I feel that the world is increasingly about the bottom line, and not so much about human respect or human dignity. In that regard, people who care about other people will not be in a position to make choices and do things that other people who they're competing against will get to do.
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If I were to work with my mom, I probably would not want her to play my mom. That would get too real.
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There's nothing called a perfect pick-up line. Men always have to face the risk of rejection.
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I don't like to define my music. To me, music is pure emotion. It's language that can communicate certain emotions and the rhythms cuts across genders, cultures and nationalities. All you need to do is close your eyes and feel those emotions.
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I'm the Chris Martin of hip-hop.
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Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it.
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The 77 cents that women make for every dollar men earn makes a real difference to our families - families stretching to make every dollar count.
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I've always had a passion for music, but I never saw me as a musician for a living. I never thought that I could make a living. It never dawned on me.
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Winemakers have to adapt to what they're given by nature: the vines, the fruit, the soil and the weather.
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I'm in a happier place because my dreams are coming true. I'm acting in feature films, and I'm travelling the world. Before, I was just broke.
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I want Prince to see something I do and call me and ask me to be on an album or if I want to dance!
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People always overdo the matter when they attempt deception.
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Remember to be awesome.
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Sometimes I think that I was forced to withdraw into depression because it was the only rightful protest I could throw in the face of a world that said it was alright for people to come and go as they please, that there were simply no real obligations left.
