Elisabeth Tova Bailey Quotes
The life of a snail is as full of tasty food, comfortable beds of sorts, and a mix of pleasant and not-so-pleasant adventures as that of anyone I know.
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She made the decision that her existence had lost its meaning. And you cannot judge that.
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After the atomic bombs were dropped, the war ended and we went into Tokyo Bay with the rest of the fleet, the Missouri and the rest of them, while they signed the terms of surrender that ended the war.
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I'm pretty much a thrift shop gal. Flea markets on Sundays.
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One thing I noticed working in the Bronx is that leaders come in the craziest places. They don't always show up at community board meetings. Sometimes it's just the guys on the corner that the boys on the block respect.
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I cannot even remember a time before being conscious of James Bond.
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I am not ever in the business of making anyone feel bad.
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A lot of people who were writing when I came through originally as a singer-songwriter have disappeared.
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It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult must be a reason the more for us to do it.
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While the Assads are despotic, George H.W. Bush made the father an ally in Desert Storm, and Ehud Barak offered to return to Hafez Assad the Golan Heights in exchange for a peace deal.
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And also I didn't want my future to be just sitting in a room and be imprisoned in my four walls and just cooking and giving birth to children. I didn't want to see my life in that way.
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'Great Expectations' has become one of my favorite books.
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The Royal Society view is completely apolitical: it will judge anything based on the evidence. One of the big strengths of the Society is that is it widely perceived as impartial and above the fray. We'd like to make sure it stays that way.
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For most of my 20s, I looked like I was 12. Now that I'm pushing 40, I guess I look closer to... 15? It must be my macrobiotic diet. Oh, wait, except that I don't have one of those.
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The scope of linguistics should be:
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I don't have any desire to learn. I feel it's like a voodoo, that it would spoil things if I actually learnt how things are done.
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If any continue through life in the condition of the hired laborer, it is not the fault of the system, but because of either a dependent nature which prefers it, or improvidence, folly, or singular misfortune.
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Everybody has a Big Momma: the mother or the grandmother who tells it like it is, keeps it real with them, isn't afraid to tell you the truth about yourself.
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Trying to give back a little bit is important.
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We do take seriously our obligation to assess whether our reforms are achieving their desired effects without imposing unnecessary burden.
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The fundamental premise of liberalism is the moral incapacity of the American people.
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We're making far too big a deal out of our sexual preferences. It's just another form of narcissism, and I think it can be a big problem and a tremendous obstacle.
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We had people of all backgrounds coming together - all races, all creeds, all colors, all status in life. And coming together there was a kind of quiet dignity and a kind of sense of caring and a feeling of joint responsibility.
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Your self-confidence increases when you know you are living your life according to your highest values.
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The life of a snail is as full of tasty food, comfortable beds of sorts, and a mix of pleasant and not-so-pleasant adventures as that of anyone I know.
