Elizabeth Chandler Quotes
People fear anyone who differs from what is considered normal, and in a small town the idea of normal can be as narrow as the streets.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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I came into politics by accident. I may go out of politics by accident.
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I am a sound freak. I could play around with sound forever.
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I've got friends who are literally working alone on indie games that have no prospect of profit or commercial success. I've got guys working on iPhone games.
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The most important message that I can give to you and to all the world is to keep the commandments of God.
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I grew up in New York till I was 5, and I remember going to see 'Annie' and some musicals as a kid, and I remember my parents being somewhat okay with us watching 'Rocky Horror Picture Show,' which, it boggles my mind that they allowed me to watch it.
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It's good to have a title that's not just one word. If you're gonna title it, you might as well try and say something.
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Univision is the only network where you pay for more, not for less.
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First and foremost, you've got to make yourself happy. Essentially being who you are is the most important thing. When you're after truth, happiness always comes.
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A musician is a professional, whether he or she is successful or not. The profession itself must be regarded as a stable job.
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I understand Tea Partyers' anger with the system, but they are in way over their heads and often racially motivated, and I can't be part of that.
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So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why doesn't somebody wake up to the beauty of old women.
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The P2P marketplace extends into other markets where individuals are monetizing underutilized assets. Lodging is one example. Instead of finding a hotel room, in the sharing economy you can rent a spare room from a local resident.
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'Anthem' was the record that almost didn't get made for a completely different reason than 'Underneath.'
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I'm not terribly confrontational, but I've gotten better at holding my ground.
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The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.
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But my mother and father were married when my mom was 20 and my dad was 24.
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We book our exports forward for more than a year, and so we have a fixed rate. We do not get the spot rate that we see in the market every day.
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Nothing's a gift, it's all on loan
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You need to fight cases in the courts, but you certainly cannot rely on the courts, you need to testify in Congress and lobby your Congress person, but you certainly cannot rely on Congress. You need to speak out in the media, but you cannot totally trust the media either. You need to work within the academy because that's an influential opinion body. I think that one of the lessons that people have learned in the civil rights community is that it is generally not enough to focus on litigation in the courts.
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What sort of difficulties would happen when people of different cultures try to come together to worship? Tiny little things such as let's tell jokes with each other.
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People fear anyone who differs from what is considered normal, and in a small town the idea of normal can be as narrow as the streets.
