Elizabeth Hay Quotes
Who's to say we can't have many loves and many identities? we can hold more in our heads than we think.
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I don't know if it's my music, my lyrics, my sound, and knowing the music business the way I do-all I can say is, my career has lasted way longer than I expected.
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When my first child was born in 1962, I wrote a letter to my grandfather telling him how happy I was but how concerned; concerned because there were so many visions which were not very good.
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My dad was pretty strict. We didn't even get to watch any of his movies until I was, like, 17 years old. I didn't even see his stand-up, really, until I started doing stand-up, and that was when I was 22. So he's pretty strict. We had curfews until I was 17... he didn't play around.
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You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.
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Either war is obsolete, or men are.
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I lost 'The X Factor,' and I lost 'Deal or No Deal' twice. I'm good at losing game shows.
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I'm in a constant state of gratitude.
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What role should religion play in the American public school classroom? My own knee-jerk response would be, 'none whatsoever,' but the Constitution isn't quite so direct on the subject.
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The more hardcore conservative you are, the more tightly identified you are with defending the interest of capital as an interest of the system based on hyper-competition, the more likely it is that you vehemently deny climate change. Because if climate change is real, your worldview will come crashing down around you.
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I'm the diva from the future. The next gig's on the moon. Catch me while you can.
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I'd never been published when I was young.
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Dissensions between Muslim nations run at least as deep, if not deeper, than those nations' resentment of the West.
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I fight because I like challenges.
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I guess I probably make violent films partly because I can't express my anger in my real life very well.
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Britain is no longer one of the world's price setters. It is painful. It is a challenge to us in government to explain all that, and it is a pity that the political class is not preparing the public for it to understand how massive the problem is.
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A melody is not merely something you can hum.
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I feel very passionately that we need to take care of the planet and everything on it. Whether it's saving the Amazon or just being kind to those around you, we need to take care of each other and Mother Earth.
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I wanted to reveal how genetic code is translated into protein. I knew a great application could be for antibiotics, since half of the useful ones target the ribosomes, but I didn't believe I could contribute to it. It was like the next Mount Everest to conquer. It was my dream to contribute something to humanity.
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When I come upon anything-in Logic or in any other hard subject-that entirely puzzles me, I find it a capital plan to talk it over, aloud, even when I am all alone. One can explain things so clearly to one's self! And then, you know, one is so patient with one's self: one never gets irritated at one's own stupidity!
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I'm not anti-fashion, but I've always had a bit of a punk attitude. That's important, I think. I do my own thing.
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I never figured I'd go into the Hall of Fame. A kid from the Hill.
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Maybe I’ll forgive you. Maybe you’ll try. We should be happy together. Forever, you and I.
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Who's to say we can't have many loves and many identities? we can hold more in our heads than we think.
