Elizabeth Evatt Quotes

You have to see human rights as an all-embracing concept. It could be something that would unite the world, if it could only be seen in that light.

Elizabeth Evatt

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• Embracing

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• I like to do everything you can possibly do before you go into rehearsal, because once we are in rehearsal or on the stage there will be a problem I didn't anticipate. It's really good to think we got it all nailed - of course you've never got it all nailed.

  

  Harold Prince
  • Good
  • Think
  • Problem

• Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.

  

  Saint Ignatius
  • Yourself
  • Others
  • Rather

• People say a lot of hurtful things, but in a way, the abuse that I endured from my husband prepared me for that. The things I had been told and drilled into my head from him were worse than what anybody could say to me.

  

  La'Porsha Renae
  • People
  • Me
  • Husband

• To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy.

  

  Bertrand Russell
  • Democracy

• We owe each other a debt and we owe each other an obligation, and because of these fundamental American imperatives, there are things that we own in common with each other, and that we are obliged to protect for our posterity. The water. The trees. The wild places in the land. We lose sight of these truths sometimes.

  

  Charlie Pierce
  • American
  • Water

• But a rise in the wages of labour would not equally affect commodities produced with machinery quickly consumed, and commodities produced with machinery slowly consumed.

  

  David Ricardo

• I would say that a good shoe is exactly like a good wine. These shoes are going to stay and last for a long time.

  

  Christian Louboutin
  • Time
  • Good
  • Long

• Night, the beloved. Night, when words fade and things come alive. When the destructive analysis of day is done, and all that is truly important becomes whole and sound again. When man reassembles his fragmentary self and grows with the calm of a tree.

  

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery
  • Important
  • Done
  • Night

• I say the stupidest stuff, all the time, off of Twitter, and so I think Twitter is good way for people to get to know the stupid side of me.

  

  Kris Allen
  • People
  • Time
  • Good

• Whenever I speak at a conference, I try to catch a few of the other presentations. I tend to stand in the back and listen, observe, and get a general sense of the room.

  

  Jason Fried

• I want to be a better parent than I had. Even though my mom was absolutely amazing. Her and I are still best friends to this day. I think that the next generation should always be better and better.

  

  Ashley Graham
  • Friends
  • Amazing
  • Mom

• You know, that single girl life and that sense of isolation - that doesn't leave you just like that. And that's what that song is about. I remember that, and that is imprinted on me, that sense.

  

  Mary Chapin Carpenter
  • Life
  • Remember
  • Song

• I'm a fan of good horror movies.

  

  Donnie Wahlberg
  • Good

• Cheer for your teammates, regardless of whether they're fast or slow, veteran or neophyte, varsity or JV. Or rally the spirits of someone who's had a bad performance. Also, encourage stragglers during tough workouts; jog back to 'pick up' a runner who's behind during a long run.

  

  Don Kardong
  • Up
  • Long
  • Bad

• I believe there should be breakfast, lunch and afternoon snack, all for free and for every child that goes to school. And all food that is good, clean and fair.

  

  Alice Waters
  • Good
  • Believe
  • School

• An interesting parallel: MLK was targeted by J. Edgar Hoover, an unsavory character. I was targeted by the equally unsavory B. Hussein Obama.

  

  Dinesh D'Souza
  • Character
  • Interesting

• The moment at which music reveals its true nature is contained in the ancient exercise of the theme with variations. The complete mystery of music is explained right there.

  

  Pierre Schaeffer
  • Music
  • True
  • Nature

• When you grow up in something, you don't even know if it's bad or good. You just know that's how it is.

  

  Future
  • Up
  • Good
  • Bad

• A couple times a year, I get in the car, and I'll drive 1,000 miles cross-country, going through side streets. I'll stay off the highways as much as possible. And I realize it's a huge country, and for us to be in so many places in the country is an amazing thing.

  

  Fred DeLuca
  • Country
  • Amazing
  • Car

• I'm not a writing group member, not a joiner in that way. I don't seek a wide swath of feedback.

  

  Claire Messud
  • Writing

• There is much in American society which I admire, but I have long held the view that the absence of an effective safety net in that country means that too many needy citizens fall by the wayside. That is not the path that Australia will tread. Nor do we want the burdens of nanny state paternalism that now weigh down many economies in Europe.

  

  John Howard
  • Long
  • Country
  • American

• I used to play all the time. I would play football when it was light and read when it was dark.

  

  Mal Peet
  • Time
  • Light
  • Football

• People are like stained - glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.

  

  Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
  • People
  • True
  • Light

• You have to see human rights as an all-embracing concept. It could be something that would unite the world, if it could only be seen in that light.

  

  Elizabeth Evatt
  • Light
  • Human Rights
  • Embracing