Elizabeth Edwards Quotes
... all things are possible if you are willing to put yourself on the line. You cannot stand back and hope for the best. You have to act.
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Philosophers, as things now stand, are all too fond of offering criticism from on high instead of studying and understanding things from within.
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Don't be surprised if you find me doing some charity work in another country.
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I hate all the terrorists in the world, whatever the purpose of their struggle. However, I support every active civil revolt against any occupation, and Israel, too, is among the despicable occupiers. Such revolt is both more just and more effective, and it does not extinguish one's spark of humanity.
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Every love story needs a catalyst of some sort.
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Sometimes I think sportsmanship is a little bit forgotten in place of the individual attention.
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I thought, 'OK, Melissa Gilbert is playing my mom, and I'm playing her old role - no pressure.' So I went up to Melissa and said, 'It's such an honor playing your daughter,' and she smiled and said, 'Oh, shut up.' I thought, 'Great, a normal person.'
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I think positive. I always think we're going to score. Two minutes is a lot of time if you have timeouts and you're throwing every down. You have to make the right decisions. I've always had great receivers, which helps. It's not just me doing it.
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India should walk on her own shadow - we must have our own development model.
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The writer presents himself to the blank page not with an open passport but an open heart.
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I believe a democracy needs men and women of conviction in its positions of leadership in order for us to succeed. That's the subject of 'A Perfect Candidate,' a film I made 20 years ago about Oliver North and Charles Robb.
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There are signs jobs will be plentiful in the future, if we train and prepare for it. That means investing in technology, innovation, and, as much as Republicans will hate to hear this, renewable energy.
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I've been a woman for a little over 50 years and have gotten over my initial astonishment. As for conducting an orchestra, that's a job where I don't think sex plays much part.
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My aim is that every sermon series I preach is prepared as though I were teaching a college-level course.
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I've suffered through depression and anxiety my entire life.
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People may believe that there can be a society where dissent is not permitted, but which is nonetheless not a fear society because everyone agrees with one another and therefore no one wants to dissent.
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If we commit ourselves to one person for life this is not, as many people think, a rejection of freedom; rather, it demands the courage to move into all the risks of freedom, and the risk of love which is permanent; into that love which is not possession but participation.
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Turkey, like every country, has a right to defend its territory and its airspace.
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Ill can he rule the great, that cannot reach the small.
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I hope we've got a lot of fairways and greens. We'll go from there.
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We always hope we can make a movie that will beat America.
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For I had expected always Some brightness to hold in trust, Some final innocence To save from dust
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My bedroom is my sanctuary. It's like a refuge, and it's where I do a fair amount of designing - at least conceptually, if not literally.
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Acting is a really strange thing to do; it's very strange.
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... all things are possible if you are willing to put yourself on the line. You cannot stand back and hope for the best. You have to act.
