Elizabeth Crook Quotes
I'd be a dope to compare my writing with Wallace Stegner's, but that book probably influenced me in ways I didn't even realize while I was writing The Night Journal.
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I'm not a runner, and I always dreamed about just throwing on my sneakers and really knocking everyone's socks off with my joy of traversing the world by foot.
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
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The list of problems that we all experience may be endless, but I honestly cannot abide by the rule that, 'He who yells louder is heard.'
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I'm holding onto the hope that there is some reason that I got cancer and there is something – that may not be very clear to me right now – but that I will do.
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I haven't had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.
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You do a show to be a hit and hopefully run a couple of years.
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As an American roughly the same age as Barack Obama, I will not be ridiculed or reduced to a stereotype. I want to age appropriately.
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I always want to become better. If never being satisfied is a problem, then I have it. At least it's a good problem.
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I am a good and interested mother - which has surprised me.
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Kirmizi biber has a sweet aroma and can vary in spiciness.
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Everyone needs some kind of compelling drama in their life, basically.
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I want to improve my bunker, fairway and putting status because that's been my weakness over the last three years. If I can just focus on this, then everything else will come.
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I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants.
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Violence against women and girls touches every corner of the globe and is one of the world's most pervasive human rights violations.
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I love boats. Anything that runs, anything mechanical. It's my God-given passion in life.
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Sharing is wonderful, but giving - I give, you take - often maintains the power status quo.
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I have said that propaganda, misinformation, and disinformation have always been part of political warfare. Social media and other new platforms have given it a new life and reach through which the fake news phenomenon can reach everywhere.
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Ultimately, making movies, if you don't have a big star, it's hard to do. Or if it's not a star director.
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Being a model, you're constantly judged on the way you look, but I think you have to be really strong and confident in knowing who you are and not take anything personally, you know, because not everybody can like you, and not everybody will think you're beautiful.
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I got the genetics of - not to get into racism or anything - but I'm built like a black man.
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If you miss the bus, miss the train, you’d be left behind. So everyone says, let’s get on the train, let’s get on the bus and go faster and get rich... I just didn’t like that kind of lifestyle. I love to read books, to listen to music.
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I'd done my time in corporate America, from McDonald's making shakes to Morgan Stanley making deals and, yet, I felt awfully constrained by the uniform - not just my clothes, but how I felt I needed to conform - that a traditional job required me to wear.
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I think being poor has been good for me. I saw how my mom and dad struggled, and how they could stretch a dollar farther than you could begin to imagine.
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I'd be a dope to compare my writing with Wallace Stegner's, but that book probably influenced me in ways I didn't even realize while I was writing The Night Journal.
