Elisabeth of Wied Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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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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Find your own style. Don't spend your savings trying to be someone else. You're not more important, smarter, or prettier because you wear a designer dress.
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I dearly love the state of Texas, but I consider that a harmless perversion on my part, and discuss it only with consenting adults.
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Now I have the bravery to do fine things.
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Let's recall Bosnia in 1995. As we know well, the European peacekeeping contingent, represented by the Dutch troops, did not want to get involved with one of the attacking sides, and allowed it to destroy a whole village. Hundreds of people were killed or injured. The tragedy in Srebrenica is well known in Europe.
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I love Yves Saint Laurent. I love Chanel. And Versace! Such beautiful gowns!
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Those who look for reasons to hate miss opportunities to love.
