Elisabeth of Wied Quotes
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I voted for Barack Obama.
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If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I'd have it tinned. With vinegar.
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As the anti-slavery community, we must together ensure that this attention is transferred into concrete action and results.
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Society in the English countryside is still strangely, quaintly divided. If black comedy and a certain type of social commentary are what you want, I think English rural communities offer quite a lot of material.
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I'm old enough to remember the end of World War II. On Aug. 14, 1946, a year after the Japanese were defeated, most newspapers and magazines had single articles commemorating the end of the war.
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For the most part, I do a lot of my own stunts. On 'The Final Destination,' they kept pulling my stunt woman in, and I'd shoo her away. I'm a black belt in tae kwon do, so I was adamant about doing stuff myself.
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I do go into things thinking, 'Right. I'm going to enjoy this.'
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I never really fitted in, because I've always been interested in really dark things.
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I am such a do-goody, people-pleasing kid - or I was - I don't think I've ever been fired, not even from an ice cream shop, magician for kids' parties, not even in my early jobs in radio.
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English people are famous for never speaking out but only saying what they really feel about you behind your back. Americans believe the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. I like exploring those, er, differences in national snippiness.
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Violence against embassies and civilians must be categorically condemned. At the same time, we must attempt to understand why such events occur.
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The biggest killer of people is food.
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I felt like I had two fathers. I had my real father and the father in my head.
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I try to listen to my children. I try to change with my children.
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All I remember is the last time I played a videogame, it was Space Invaders.
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We're writing a book together. She just finished one. Did you read it? Among the Porcupines?
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You cannot write a book unless it is totally inhabiting your imagination and you are totally engrossed with it. Which is a kind word for obsession.
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Ice-skating is a dangerous proposition and tennis is going to be something I'm probably not very good at.
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A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of his doubting of himself; he is indifferent to applause when he is confident of success.
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I was in love with a beautiful blonde once. She drove me to drink. That's the one thing I'm indebted to her for.
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One of the first things I learned about acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself.
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I'm lucky that I do something I love, and I am proud, as I think it's a positive message to give to young women: if you want to have a career and be married with children, then you can. It's full-on, but it's doable.
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Those who look for reasons to hate miss opportunities to love.
