Edith Schaeffer Quotes
We foolish mortals sometimes live through years not realizing how short life is, and that TODAY is your life.
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I was 17 when I was forced into marriage. I had no hand in it, and I didn't even enjoy being with the man. Also, I wanted to study, but no one listened to me. I wanted to move forward in life, it wasn't a happy situation. Because of some family problems, I had to stick around.
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Western countries in particular can today no longer be separated from Muslim societies, because they have them within themselves. They are themselves internally globalized.
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Eddie Murphy was my guy for a long time. My first exposure to 'SNL' was his 'Best Of' VHS, and I would watch it over and over again. He was one of the few people on the show to play with the live elements and engage with the audience.
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I've always been a fan of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror. I like working with larger-than-life characters in fascinating worlds - places where the rules are different.
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Life is such a gift, I just say thank you all day.
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The thing about being an artist today is you get to develop right in front of people's eyes before you even put out an album.
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Today is the tomorrow I worried about yesterday.
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I guess I was a mom so late in life, my daughter was the greatest thing since sliced bread.
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I want simply to learn about the world and live freely.
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If you just keep your head down and just try and do your thing, sometimes magic happens.
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'Fallen Too Far' was my first NYT bestseller. That changed my life.
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I quit after a bad car accident. The thing about boxing is that you can be a star for five or six years, but when you go back to the old life, it's tough.
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One of the huge imbalances in life is the disparity between your daily existence, with its routines and habits, and the dream you have within yourself of some extraordinarily satisfying way of living.
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It's true: I don't remember what life was like before parenthood.
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That's definitely something I've experienced my whole life - people thinking one thing and then discovering that I'm not, hopefully. So I relate to having to fight that and claim my own identity, when people are trying to throw different ones at me.
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The use and threat of force, when world peace is not in danger, are no longer valid frames of reference for achieving the ends sought today by sovereign nations.
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Either you face the challenges in life head on or back out. And I am not someone to back out from challenges.
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If life is a video game, then most of us have no chance of winning, if by winning you mean succeeding in a quest or saving a princess.
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Do I think every culture will embrace location technology? Yes.
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I think I can be pretty focused, but as I say, it was more wanting to be the good student, seeing myself as a good student, and also, my parents had expectations. They wouldn't have cared if I got a B or a C or even a D.
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Dining rooms are really all about the table and the chairs.
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Leala's breath was "like a cello sawing away against the bouncing-bow contrabasses of her heartbeat.
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We foolish mortals sometimes live through years not realizing how short life is, and that TODAY is your life.
