Erin Gruwell Quotes
It's not enough to be tolerant...now we're finally moving towards the idea of acceptance.
Quotes to Explore
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We are asleep with compasses in our hands.
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Even though I have Twitter, I only use it to say, 'Oh, this is coming out.' I would never voice anything about me, really.
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Many faux pas of fashion can be avoided if you curb your instinctive desire to buy things with your heart instead of your head.
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I'm afraid that the passage of time is mostly lost on me. If you were to open up my head you would see that I'm still brooding about statements, songs and issues from the third grade. The years between 1980 and today went by very, very quickly.
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I'd love to live in Ireland but I'd like to live as me, not what someone thinks I am. People don't understand - I lived there before I was famous.
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Sometimes, by using the most over-the-top, ridiculous plot device you can imagine, you get some interesting little conflicts and cool things that you might not otherwise have a chance to explore.
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That heart alone is hard which does not shudder at itself for not feeling its hardness.
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Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.
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With scientific advances, Congress must now make changes to reflect new therapeutic options.
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After doing two years in prison, trust me, I've seen a lot of tough guys pray. They're not just praying for themselves; they're praying for their family and the people they've let down.
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There were no museums or galleries in Shanghai, but I was very keen on art - I was always sketching and copying, and sometimes I think that my whole career as a writer has been the substitute work of an unfulfilled painter.
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I'm a fun-loving guy. We are basically from Amritsar and ours is a chilled-out family. I think I have got my humour from my mother.
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A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride.
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In our culture, security has become an obsession.
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I think we should all have a private audience with Helen Mirren.
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Self-delusion is one of the funniest things there is.
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I respect the Pantera fans with all my heart.
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Too many investors overvalue companies in the near term while undervaluing them in the long term.
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I never want to make any characters one-dimensional, especially as women can often be portrayed as the dark one or the evil one.
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It's very nice to feel. You're nothing. You're just nothing when you're near a volcano.
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Science is experimental, moving forward step-by-step, making trial and learning through success and failure. Is not this also the way of religion, and especially of the Christian religion? The writings of those who preach the religion have from the very beginning insisted that it is to be proved by experience. If a man is drawn towards honour and courage and endurance, justice, mercy, and charity, let him follow the way of Christ and find out for himself. No findings in science hinder him in that way.
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There is no bad weather, just soft runners.
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It's not enough to be tolerant...now we're finally moving towards the idea of acceptance.
