Elizabeth Hay Quotes
The older you get, the closer your loves are to the surface. She was breathing rarefied air, the ether you come upon at high altitudes. I understood finally how long-held grievances and petty smallnesses might get burned off, and pure creativity and humour remain.
Quotes to Explore
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My husband and I click wedding rings sometimes and say, 'By the power of the Castle of Greyskull!'
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Diversity: the art of thinking independently together.
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Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.
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I made a very slatternly mother, notably unkeen on housework, unaware that homes need to be cleaned now and then, and too often to be found with a cigarette in one hand and a drink in the other.
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I've got to be honest, there's no pleasure when you're working.
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People have become shallower. They view spending, entertaining, seeking leisure and enjoying as the main objectives of their life.
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I used to play all the time. I would play football when it was light and read when it was dark.
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In general, I think comedy is more difficult to write, to direct, and to act successfully.
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We can't do a modern Batman continually beating up thugs in zoot suits with tommy guns in violin cases. The game has to move on. It has to feel relevant.
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There is nothing better than walking out and hitting a home run.
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My parents are OK with me wearing a small heel, up to 1.5 inches high. Heels give me height when I wear such long dresses. For me, they complete the outfit.
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We also have a real opportunity to join NATO.
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I was a big 'Blue Valentine' fan. I really loved that movie. And I thought the performances were just unbelievably real, which is certainly what I always strive for in my work.
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A little longer still, and Heaven awaits thee,And fills thy spirit with a great delight;Then our pale joys will seem a dream forgotten,Our Sun a darkness, and our Day a Night.
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For goodness sake, will they hear, will white people hear what we are trying to say? Please, all we are asking you to do is to recognize that we are humans, too.
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I want to run until I can't run.
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Rod's always been a keen sportsman, so he didn't live as excessive a life as some musicians.
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We live in crazy times - that is true - and things have gotten crazier, but it still doesn't feel like the turn of the century.
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I just wanted to write the songs. I never wanted to sing them.
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The choice is between which mistake is easier to correct: underdoing it or overdoing it.
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My father was full of tales. He said his family were ministers in the Church of Scotland, or they were lawyers.
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A nation has a soul, a spiritual principle. One is in the past, the other in the present. One is the possession of a rich legacy of memories; the other is the desire to live together and to value the common heritage.
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I have a vivid, apocalyptic imagination.
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The older you get, the closer your loves are to the surface. She was breathing rarefied air, the ether you come upon at high altitudes. I understood finally how long-held grievances and petty smallnesses might get burned off, and pure creativity and humour remain.
