Ellen Gilchrist Quotes
In the schools of small Midwestern towns, the only aristocracies are of beauty, intelligence, and athletic prowess.
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Why is it so unutterably beneficial, the thought that someone besides myself knows me?
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My kind publishers, Toby Mundy and Margaret Stead of Atlantic Books, have commissioned me to write the life of Queen Victoria.
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It used to hurt me that people thought I didn't have the technique and the temperament to play Test cricket.
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I don't really go to clubs anymore. I'm actually quite settled. Living in Highgate with my dog and my husband and my daughter! I'm not a hell-raiser. But don't burst the bubble. Behind closed doors, for sure, I'm a hell-raiser.
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The first English settlers of North America knew they were making history. New Englanders in particular were so sure of it that they started writing their own accounts of themselves as soon as they got here.
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Curtain! Fast music! Light! Ready for the last finale! Great! The show looks good, the show looks good!
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I had an excellent math and physics teacher in high school named T.C. Patel, and in the university, I had truly dedicated professors in both physics and mathematics who gave me a sound foundation with which to pursue graduate studies.
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We're never going to be able to get rid of terrorism, because there is always going to be evil in the world.
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What's going on in the inside shows on the outside.
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I mean normally you have your agent call the other agent and all the agents talk and then finally you get a phone call and you hear some misrepresentation of what someone else had to say.
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Too much negotiating and not enough work on the court – that's what happened to me during the lockout. Too much talking and not enough training. I couldn't put in my usual offseason work routine. I think that all caught up to me, with my Achilles problems.
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If I had Instagram, it would be pictures of my son, who is a cat.
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I've never been against women. That anti-feminist rap is bogus. I think men should be nice to women, buy them diamonds.
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I am a huge, huge fan of the plain white tee. A good-fitting, vintage plain white t-shirt, like the 'boyfriend shirt', is the sexiest thing a girl can wear. It goes with anything, fancy or casual.
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As far as the UFC, if they offer us a fair deal, then we would be open to fighting in the UFC.
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Debate is healthy and no one in this chamber - starting with me - has a monopoly on being right.
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If I have to produce movies, direct movies, whatever to change the way Hollywood treats older women, I'll do it. If I have to bend the rules, I will. If I have to break them, I will.
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Any two philosophers can tell each other all they know in two hours.
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There are different types of talents and intelligences, and traditional schools sometimes ignore the creative ones. It is important for us to give kids every platform for them to find what they are good at and what they love. The arts also provide a space for newfound creativity.
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You don't have to always write about big stuff. Writing is about expressing yourself, you know? It can be about small stuff, too.
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It always impresses me when a person of small stature has command.
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If one adds anything small or great to the queen of virtues, piety, or on the other hand takes something from it, in either case he will change and transform its nature. Addition will beget superstition and subtraction will beget impiety.
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I think a major element of jetlag is psychological. Nobody ever tells me what time it is at home.
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In the schools of small Midwestern towns, the only aristocracies are of beauty, intelligence, and athletic prowess.
