Mary Elizabeth Lease Quotes
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I've traveled all the way around the world; I've been to over 95 countries, so I love ethnic food, different types of cuisine.
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Beauty at 70 years old isn't the same as beauty at 20 years old, but it is stunning nonetheless.
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The real debate is, when does life begin? When life begins, it deserves protection.
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I think the attraction to Israeli women stems from the fact that we're exotic and the fact that there are many talented and beautiful women in Israel. I think that there is also greater awareness of Israel than before in the movie industry.
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For me, my writing benefits from my experience.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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I would enjoy having dinner with the poet/playwright Derek Walcott.
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It makes you vulnerable to win an award. It's nice to get the attention, but your neck is stuck out.
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I motivate others by making sure that they understand to go after their dreams and don't let anyone tell you you can't. If you are motivated enough and put the work in that you can achieve anything in life that you set your mind to.
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The key, of course, is to stay away from the losing years.
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I don't really do sad, depressing songs.
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I have had success throughout the years. Some of the hard rock bands today don't have the history that I have.
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It's actually harder to write a fun song.
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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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But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.
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It's hard for people sometimes to relate to me. They weren't in the military, they weren't injured overseas in Iraq, they weren't burned, they didn't go through 33 surgeries, or two and a half years in the hospital.
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I love Jared Hess' movies. He's such a weirdo and such a nice, funny guy.
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I was terrible when I first started skating and was clinging onto the side for dear life, but it's something I'll always have now, and the tour is always so much fun.
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I write about it in the book and, you know, explain that. But that was the technicality that actually got my sentence reduced - that Alan Dershowitz used to have my sentence - it came down eventually to eight years.
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I'd love to open a private museum in Paris, London, or New York, but I don't have the money. If I were Bill Gates or Paul Allen, the first thing I would do is build a museum.
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Here's the thing - I'm single, I haven't been married, I don't have kids yet. If I do have kids I would be interested to see them in my life, so here's a movie for kids and I'm in there and I'm supposed to be kind of funny for kids.
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Through all hardships there is a lesson to be learned.
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The only way we are going to get diversity is if the demographics of the decision-makers change... The odd-token bone thrown is not going to do it. Don't pat yourself on the back because you made that black drama; that's not diversity. It's got to be baked into the foundation of where the ideas flow from.
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Life's too mysterious to take too serious.
