Elizabeth Ann Seton Quotes
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I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.
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The line between private and public lives is a fertile one for me. I've lived quite a public life, and it's the reason I have used well-known people in my work. I'm interested in what's going on beneath the facades they present to the world, taking them to a place which is uncomfortable.
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I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.
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It's tough to be 68 and dating. I've given it up now.
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Comedians have to write to survive because you don't get cast for your beauty.
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Unless you work for '60 Minutes', your life is: You do stories about things, and nothing happens as a result.
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I've taught myself how to use good, fresh ingredients and to prepare them as simply as possible by cooking only to enhance their intrinsic flavors.
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The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
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I went to Iraq in 2004 because I believe in doing my duty, not because I agreed with the war.
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I love zoo sanctuaries.
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I was very close to my mother, and her death, which left a gaping hole in my life, has been very difficult for me and my father in a lot of ways.
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Being an only child and losing both my parents at an early age, I have found that the friends I have made over the years are the people who help me get through life, good times and bad.
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I want medical experiments on animals stopped. They don't do anything, and they don't work.
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I decided to set out to prove that you could make a reasonable living building for the poor using recycled materials and only hiring unskilled labor.
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I want my legacy to be about the soccer, and if I can help people be happier in life in any capacity, awesome.
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There are many women who came before me who didn't really have the same opportunities that I have had. That's why I always wanted to be a great ambassador - not only today's generation - but for the women who really didn't have a voice, but who paved the way for me.
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Create your own visual style... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others.
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I think I still have that same drive and determination, the same curiosity and passion for filmmaking that I did when I first started. Every film brings with it unique challenges and experiences, and I approach every one with the same enthusiasm.
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Liberty is a great celestial Goddess, strong, beneficent, and austere, and she can never descend upon a nation by the shouting of crowds, nor by arguments of unbridled passion, nor by the hatred of class against class.
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When it comes down to it, it's all about good music and what makes people react. That wins over everything else.
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You can't live for other people, you know? You gotta live for yourself and better the people around you and make an impact.
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In Arlington, people would laugh at you if you tried to get people to look at your drawings or listen to your poetry. It was like you thought you were special.
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Live simply, so that all may simply live.
