Elizabeth Hay Quotes
We look so very different from the way we sound. It’s a shock, similar to hearing your own voice for the first time, when you’re forced to wonder how the rest of you comes across if you sound nothing like the way you think you sound. You feel dislodged from the old shoe of yourself.
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If I don't get healthy food, my staff cooks for me.
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I had just turned 10-years-old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and plunged America into World War II.
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Prior to any questioning, the person must be warned that he has a right to remain silent, that any statement he does make may be used as evidence against him and that he has a right to the presence of an attorney, either retained or appointed.
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Strange bonds of trust and self-deception tend to grow between journalists and their subjects.
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Three thousand people died at ground zero. Their families are entitled to a little bit of respect, to respect the memory of those poor people that died there. And how about the families of all those soldiers that died in the two ensuing wars? Aren't they entitled to a little bit of respect - the kids, the wives, the parents?
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Every parent wants to see their kids excel.
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I don't think anybody's really been successful with theorizing about value or creating a price theory.
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The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.
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Everybody sort of questioned why we get married on New Year's Day, and of course, the avid sports fans wouldn't come, because they had to watch the Rose Bowl or whatever that is on that day.
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I try to travel as much as I can... I'm always looking for a reason to.
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I couldn't really take a girl from Berlin to live in Leeds. I love it here. I miss the Yorkshire sense of humor and things like bitter and Yorkshire puddings, but I can still get my hands on salt 'n' vinegar crisps.
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It's good just to laugh sometimes, and if it comes out of some truth, it's even stronger.
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Men don't oppress women any more than women oppress men.
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When I was in school, I was very involved with a lot of things. I was very very active. I couldn't say that I wasn't popular. I was a cheerleader when I was in junior high. I didn't make it in high school so I started a dance line.
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My experience with songwriting is usually so confessional, it's so drawn from my own life and my own stories.
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I love '80s horror.
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They live forever, but many of them are even more lonely and miserable than we are. Why do you think they bother with us? We teach them life’s value.
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I decided to design and build my own stereo amplifier system at age 13.
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There remain times when one can only endure. One lives on, one doesn't die, and the only thing that one can do, is to fill one's mind and time as far as possible with the concerns of other people. It doesn't bring immediate peace, but it brings the dawn nearer.
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You hear a lot of rap songs about spending money. I thought, wouldn't it be funny to make a song about saving money because it's ironic, but beyond irony, I genuinely have pride in saving money.
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Our desires, be they spiritual or temporal, should be rooted in a love of the Lord.
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As soon as people hear my voice and synthesizer together they hear Erasure.
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We are a bunch of people who are totally passionate about serving God and his church. Our hearts were (and still are!) desperate to see God move in our youth group and he really did about 10 years ago and we started to write songs and God has really blessed what we do and now we get to share it with a whole lot more people than we ever thought!
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We look so very different from the way we sound. It’s a shock, similar to hearing your own voice for the first time, when you’re forced to wonder how the rest of you comes across if you sound nothing like the way you think you sound. You feel dislodged from the old shoe of yourself.
