Elizabeth Enright Quotes
Each golden day was cherished to the full, for one had the feeling that each must be the last. Tomorrow it would be winter.
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Interestingly, one thing I've found that neither women nor men give up on is the idea of men as protectors. Even in cases where the woman is earning more, they'll often tell me that if there were a fire or something, they would expect the man to be the one to protect them.
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The advantage is I have my family with me all the time. When your daughter takes her first steps or says her first words and your son is going through potty training, I'm not missing any of those things.
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I never believed I was the best fighter in the world.
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I am a Facebook voyeur. I feel bad about it because I never put anything on there, but I find it fun to sit there and watch peoples' lives go by. Or whatever lives they're presenting.
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It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
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Will I obliterate national debt? Sure, why not?
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I can't wait to meet Jennifer Hudson, Tamyra Gray, George Huff, Ruben Studdard, and I love me some Clay Aiken.
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Whenever anyone calls me 'The new J..K. Rowling,' I think, 'What's wrong with the old one?'
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If you truly believe in a united Jerusalem, deeds have to be more than words. We need a real united Jerusalem. It takes determination, audacity, and money to provide full services and law enforcement in the entire city.
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My very first audition was on the lot of Paramount, and I was put on tape and it was very nerve-racking. I think it was about 15 pages.
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A great leader also has the ability to make people an inch taller in his presence.
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It would be nice to say the rich people, the fancy people, all behaved like bastards and the poor slobs all came through like heroes. But as a matter of fact, sometimes the poor slobs behave like slobs and the great, noble, privileged characters come off very well, indeed.
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The purse strings tie us to our kind.
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A truly Suppressive Person or group has no rights of any kind and actions taken against them are not punishable.
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I've learned much, Father, and this above all: that no station in life is above any other, if it’s occupied by someone with a good heart.
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Foo, a beautiful gal wastes her time gracin' up this swamp.
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He suffers from one great literary defect, which is often found in lonely geniuses: he never knows when to stop. Lonely people are apt to fall in love with the sound of their own voice, as Narcissus fell in love with his reflection, not out of conceit but out of despair of finding another who will listen and respond.
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Chase after the truth like all hell and you’ll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.
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I don't spend a lot of time working if I can help it.
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Foreigners may be admitted to citizenship by naturalization, either collectively or individually. Collective naturalization may occur when a foreign territory and its inhabitants are transferred to the United States.
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True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.
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Carry yourself like a champion now so when you get there, it's not a surprise.
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At 10, I heard Neil Diamond's 'Solitary Man' and it moved me so deeply I stood, frozen in place during school recess, feeling such empathy for the narrator in Diamond's masterpiece that my heart was smashed.
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Each golden day was cherished to the full, for one had the feeling that each must be the last. Tomorrow it would be winter.
