Ellen Goodman Quotes
Most people do not consider dawn to be an attractive experience - unless they are still up.
Quotes to Explore
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In Iraq we must succeed. Failure is not an option.
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It's a trifle hard to surprise yourself with a story you've written.
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I like things simple.
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Every time you make a film, you create a world. You make decisions about sets and costumes, and you create a universe connected to reality, but not reality itself.
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My beauty secret is... nothing! I don't drink too much water. I don't eat very well. Sometimes I cheat and grab some chocolate. The best thing is to eat what you want, but not very much.
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World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
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Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
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First of all my real full name is Lloyd Vernet Bridges III.
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You promised to take care of me and not to turn your back on me. How is it possible that you never wrote to me even once and you never came back to see me? Do you think that it is fun for me to spend months, even years, without any news, without any hope!
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I am a certified yoga teacher and I love to cycle and swim.
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I was raised in an observant Jewish household, so for me, Hebrew prayers - the sounds, the sunlight streaming in from the stained-glass windows of a synagogue - bring my father back to me as surely as if he were sitting next to me, my head pressed against his shoulder.
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Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.
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Authenticity means erasing the gap between what you firmly believe inside and what you reveal to the outside world.
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My parents found what I was interested in and encouraged me. They didn't put me in front of a television and buy lots of toys, the way some American parents do.
Nastassja Kinski -
Nobody in France would ever say 'He's a Jewish novelist' or 'She's a black novelist,' even though people do write about those subjects. It would look absurd to a French person to go into a bookstore and see a 'Gay Studies' section.
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I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.
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Writing a novel is one of those modern rites of passage, I think, that lead us from an innocent world of contentment, drunkenness, and good humor, to a state of chronic edginess and the perpetual scanning of bank statements.
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I can't cook to save my life.
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I played a lot of other sports at school and just one day the golf bug bit me and I started playing serious golf from when I was ten years old.
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I want to work on changing the way this country views exercise and nutrition.
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Some directors were brilliant in the silent era but never felt at home in sound. It's like a sculptor being forced to take up painting.
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The Word of God is so much broader than people are giving it credit for. Look at Proverbs, a book written on how to live.
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In fact, Russell Crowe once phoned me up to see if I wanted to go to a party but I had to bring my guitar and perform 'Oh Jean.'
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Most people do not consider dawn to be an attractive experience - unless they are still up.
