Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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Let me tell you something - being thought of as a beautiful woman has spared me nothing in life. No heartache, no trouble. Love has been difficult. Beauty is essentially meaningless and it is always transitory.
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I'm against abortion. On the other hand, I believe in a woman's choice.
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Being Latina for me is also being a strong woman.
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A woman can never have enough shoes.
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A lot of people have the misconception that, as a Muslim woman, I am somehow against women wearing bikinis. No, I want women to feel comfortable and confident in whatever they wear.
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A curious mind is the most important attribute any man or woman can possess.
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If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others.
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A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.
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I was sued by a woman who claimed that she became pregnant because she watched me on television and I bent her contraceptive coil.
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If a woman doesn't chase a man a little, she doesn't love him.
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A woman experiencing an unplanned pregnancy also deserves to experience unplanned joy.
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In the West, anything that must be hidden is suspect; availability and honesty are interlinked. This clashes irreconcilably with Islam, where the things that are most precious, most perfect and most holy are always hidden: the Kaaba, the faces of prophets and angels, a woman's body, Heaven.
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When we saw our plane on TV as breaking news, it was the most surreal experience. A lot of the women were crying. There was a gentleman who was writing in his journal and crying. Seeing that isn't easy.
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The only crime I'm guilty of is being a young black woman.
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I want to try and do as much as I can as an actor. So far I think I've done pretty well with being a minister's son. And now I know I'm pretty darn good at playing a woman too.
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As a woman, you spend so much time either cooking or getting ready to go somewhere. I like to have music when I'm doing either of these things.
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In the duel of sex woman fights from a dreadnought and man from an open raft.
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Trust not a woman when she weeps, for it is her nature to weep when she wants her will.
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I know a planet where there is a certain red-faced gentleman. He has never smelled a flower. He has never looked at a star. He has never loved any one. He has never done anything in his life but add up figures. And all day he says over and over, just like you: 'I am busy with matters of consequence!' And that makes him swell up with pride. But he is not a man - he is a mushroom!
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It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take themselves seriously.
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A man will be as much of a gentleman as a woman requires.
