Elizabeth George Speare Quotes
Tis a strange thing, that the only friends I have I found in the same way, lying flat in the meadows, crying as if their hearts would break.
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I'm profoundly lucky. I really like it. I really like my work. I've liked it since I was 5 years old.
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I write songs, and I sing them. I never formulated a plan; I can't tell anyone else how to do this. But it feels right, so I just kind of enjoy it and get on with it.
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Corruption is everywhere. It's not just in the Congress. Corruption is not just your prerogative or mine.
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When I worked at Microsoft, I got to go and visit a bunch of different companies. Probably a hundred different companies a year. You'd see all the different ways they'd work. The guys who did Ventura Publisher one day, and then United Airlines the next. You'd see the 12 guys in Texas doing Doom, and then you'd go see Aetna life insurance.
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Jesus was not denying the legitimacy of biblical law. On the contrary, He was affirming biblical law. We love God first; God commands us to keep His word; therefore, we must enforce the law on ourselves.
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I started working for the 'NY Observer' when I was 33. After I had been writing for them for about a year and a half the editor said, 'Your stories are the most talked about stories in the 'Observer'; you should have your own column.'
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The Republican Party, which John McCain led as our nominee in 2008, is going to become irrelevant if we become the party of intolerance and hate. The party founded by Abraham Lincoln was a party that fought slavery and intolerance at every level.
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Industry and institutes need to build smarter linkages.
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Leadership is an opportunity to serve. It is not a trumpet call to self-importance.
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I never publicise in advance what I'm going to be singing because I never quite know until I start. I often change my mind halfway through. I sometimes throw in stuff about politics or Shakespeare or do songs in Yiddish.
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I know all the books of the Bible.
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Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you are scared.
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My career at Microsoft really was getting in the way of my cooking.
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I would do anything to put him behind bars for life. I am glad he is no longer alive.
Nastassja Kinski -
I'm an anti-Platonist, so I wouldn't say that stock was a stock of ideas or certainly not an ideal form, because I don't believe there is something out there, except out there. There's something in here and there's something out there, and there's mediation between the two.
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There are still states that have not evolved so much as California, that still skimp on recognition and, even worse, the rights of immigrants.
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Encouragement to all women is - let us try to offer help before we have to offer therapy. That is to say, let's see if we can't prevent being ill by trying to offer a love of prevention before illness.
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When I'm in Paris, my favorite market is the Marche Raspail on the Left Bank.
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My whole heart and soul are stirred and incensed against the Turks and Mohammed, when I see this intolerable raging of the Devil. Therefore I shall pray and cry to God, nor rest until I know that my cry is heard in heaven.
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We are not compelled to believe in biological uniformity in order to affirm human freedom and dignity.
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When I was filming 'Ouija,' there were some elements in that that really creeped me out.
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Most big companies work in stealth until they think they have a consumer product ready to go.
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Tis a strange thing, that the only friends I have I found in the same way, lying flat in the meadows, crying as if their hearts would break.
