Elsa Maxwell Quotes
Someone said that life is a party. You join in after it's started and leave before it's finished.
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Looking up and out, how can we not respect this ever-vigilant cognizance that distinguishes us: the capability to envision, to dream, and to invent? the ability to ponder ourselves? and be aware of our existence on the outer arm of a spiral galaxy in an immeasurable ocean of stars? Cognizance is our crest.
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My attitude is always one of sensuality, aggressive enthusiasm and a kind of outrageousness in my expression.
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We tend in this country to talk about Democrats and Republicans, and think there's little group over there called Independents that's maybe 2%. That is not the case, and it has not been the case for most of modern American history.
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Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.
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I am not in the business of suppressing books.
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Like parents, cooks shouldn't have favourites, but some recipes inevitably shine more than others.
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I'll tell you, I never thought I'd ever be going into law, and certainly not the same kind of law as my dad.
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I'd like to do something with Michael Buble, Harry Connick Jr., Tim McGraw, Justin Timberlake, and Gwen Stefani.
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I hope to instill, in every child I meet, my love and enthusiasm for reading and stories.
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Just as soaps were very pivotal in the transition from radio to television, they will be right in the thick of things again in the transition from television to the Internet. Exciting news.
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Even if you only want to write science fiction, you should also read mysteries, poetry, mainstream literature, history, biography, philosophy, and science.
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There's six of us, and they didn't treat any of us different. They loved us the same. They treated us all the same, and I just want to be like them when I grow up.
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A lot of the time, people think I'm really dumb or really uncomfortable talking to them, which is kind of a real thing.
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What we have as artists is the immortalization opportunity that others don't have, because our work is lasting; it's there forever to view.
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My involvement with Guantanamo began as vice chief of staff.
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'HIM' is much more of a British, coming-of-age series, while 'Stranger Things' is very obviously a sci-fi drama.
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I'd much rather be liked because people realize that I'm standing up for myself.
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Only silence perfects silence.
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Shun those studies in which the work that results dies with the worker.
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Many sweat to reconcile St Paul and St James, but in vain. 'Faith justifies' and 'faith does not justify' contradict each other flatly. If any one can harmonize them I will give him my doctor's hood and let him call me a fool.
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Life is supposed to be a series of peaks and valleys. The secret is to keep the valleys from becoming Grand Canyons.
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Everybody in my family were great storytellers. My dad and his brothers would just go on and on; they could tell amazing stories. I think it was something to do with the Celtic, oral storytelling tradition. People very much had that propensity towards telling tales.
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Journalism is straying into entertainment. The lines between serious news segments, news entertainment, and news comedy are blurring.
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Someone said that life is a party. You join in after it's started and leave before it's finished.
