Elsa Maxwell Quotes
Giving parties is a trivial avocation, but it pays the dues for my union card in humanity.
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Experience, already reduced to a group of impressions, is ringed round for each one of us by that thick wall of personality through which no real voice has ever pierced on its way to us, or from us to that which we can only conjecture to be without.
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I'm not a video brat. I don't derive all my inspiration through movies. I get it from a lot of other places, too.
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Maybe the real secret to America's greatness is that we hate one another.
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We think of feminism as an academic subject, but it's not. If you think feminism is academic, you think there's a right or wrong.
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The rich don't win elections. They support the money, but what percentage of America are rich? What is it, 2 percent? But they all have one vote.
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Scepticism, that dry caries of the intelligence.
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Beset by a difficult problem? Now is your chance to shine. Pick yourself up, get to work and get triumphantly through it.
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Banking gives you a glimpse into what makes companies succeed and what makes companies fail.
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I love to learn, and at some level, there's something to learn from my books. And I love art and philosophy, so there's something philosophical about my fiction.
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I wish my teammates, coaches and the entire Lions organization all the best.
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I create from a place of passion. It's like a pregnancy, where you create from a place of passion, and then it grows, and then before you know it, you want to push that baby out.
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I feel very strongly that 'curves' are natural, womanly and real.
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There is light at the end of the tunnel for India, but it's that of an oncoming train which will run them over.
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Perhaps measuring animal intelligence by comparing it to human intelligence isn't the best litmus test.
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One person's rights do not have to come at the expense of another's. If we can find common ground on religious freedom and LGBT issues in Utah - one of the nation's most religious and conservative states - we can do it anywhere in the country.
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I find it frustrating when people wear belts with braces. That's an interesting one.
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The voice of the Republican party is up for grabs. It's a contest right now.
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I read real books. On paper. You know, those printed books? I feel like this is the last thing I do to support my industry. I think they smell great, too.
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I remember how a man once got in touch with me to tell me that he was so engrossed in my book that he had to take a day off from work just so that he could finish reading it. Such kind of responses from my readers is extremely endearing, and it keeps me going.
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Time, that most abstract of humanity's homes.
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Fly-fishing is really addictive.
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I'm the kind of person, if I see something, like a funny video, I want to share it. With Twitter and Tumblr you can do that on a mass scale, and people get to know your personality.
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Even our beliefs have become trend statements.
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Giving parties is a trivial avocation, but it pays the dues for my union card in humanity.
