Erin Gruwell Quotes
I realized if you can change a classroom, you can change a community, and if you change enough communities you can change the world.
Quotes to Explore
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The difference between Amazon and us is Amazon is more like an empire - everything they control themselves, buy and sell.
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I've been accused of wanting to allow terrorists to have weapons to attack America.
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Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere.
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If you're expecting an intellectual film, then you will be disappointed.
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I was 6, and I was in the opera 'Carmen.' My dad sang opera and got me into the children's chorus. I was super fat at the time and didn't make eye contact with anyone. I knew I loved acting ever since.
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I don't want my writing to be work to read. My main goal is completely shameless entertainment. I want people to smile and giggle and enjoy the book. I'm not trying to save the world through literature.
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Sometimes when you're drunk you can see better.
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If someone had told me in high school that one day I'd write an historical novel, I would have rolled my eyes.
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If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
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Business is all about risk taking and managing uncertainties and turbulence.
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When one jumps over the edge, one is bound to land somewhere.
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Even when I am writing I usually take a break around lunchtime and go for a little walk to clear out my head.
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Topshop is one of my favourite shops, and I love shoes by Giuseppe Zanotti. There's a graduate fashion designer called Kate Falcus who makes me beautiful commissioned pieces - one of my favourites was the white Glastonbury dress she made me with the puffy skirt.
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It needs to be said and heard: it's OK to be who you are.
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History shows us that in times of people feeling like they are in need of some sort of rebellion or protests, the artists rise because the poetry we create about pain and its relationship to culture in the world begins to soothe and heal people who are feeling confused or afraid.
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I will never let money from anyone affect what I do.
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With love and patience, nothing is impossible.
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Happiness is a social creature. If you try to pursue it in a vacuum, it's very difficult to sustain it. But as soon as you get people focused on creating meaningful connections in the midst of their work, or increasing the meaning and depth of their relationships outside of work, we find happiness rising in step with that social connection.
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Fight against your ego with the four swords of training: eat little, sleep little, speak little, and be patient when people harm you... Then the ego will walk the paths of obedience, like a fleeing horseman in the field of battle.
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There's enough brackets put on us already, we don't need to bracket our creativity anymore than we do.
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I remember my son wanted to go to bed with his cowboy boots on, and we had this fight for like an hour. Then I realized that the only good reason I had for him not to do it is because I didn't want him to. There was really no other reason. And finally I said, "OK, fine." It was a great victory for me, because I realized it doesn't really matter.
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I realized if you can change a classroom, you can change a community, and if you change enough communities you can change the world.
