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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I wanted to focus on creating a solid foundation, creating my blueprint, and understanding who I was. You can get distracted easily, and people take you off course with just a compliment. I wanted the focus to be on Karen Civil the businessperson, not what I wore, not what I looked like.
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Man is troubled not by events, but by the meaning he gives them.
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Champions play as they practice. Create a consistency of excellence in all your habits.
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When you sing gospel you have a feeling there is a cure for what's wrong.
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In 1973, the Supreme Court ruled that individual communities should set obscenity standards. Whenever a case is tried, it will be based on a community standard for that particular place.
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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.
