Elizabeth Jane Howard Quotes
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I was born in Lebanon and emigrated to the U.S. and went back. I'd been raised in a French school in Beirut. Lebanon is a peculiar place, so bicultural it goes along with you. There is a Western influence, an Eastern influence. Most people are fluctuating between those identities.
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The essence of a government health care system - for people who have never lived under it and don't know - is waiting, waiting, waiting. You wait for everything. You wait for years for operations that are routine in America.
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It's about taking the game to the opposition, always believing in yourself.
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There are never victories in conservation. If you want to save a species or a habitat, it's a fight forevermore. You can never turn your back.
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The administration needs to speak honestly with the American people. Exaggerating our progress in defeating the insurgency or in creating an Iraqi army paints a dangerous picture.
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Greatness inspires envy, envy engenders spite, spite spawns lies.
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Sometimes we have to go to the darkness alone, before we can see the light.
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I’ve always been mischievous but never malevolent. What is life without mischief? Life is kind of dreary, isn’t it? I know there are a lot of serious issues that are obviously worth talking about, but ultimately, surely life is about letting go and just trying to enjoy yourself.
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I've just gained so much confidence in the booth since the 'Sit Still Look Pretty' era. I'm working with really talented producers and songwriters who bring out the best in me.
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Much as I disliked the un-American idea of marrying a lady with a dowry, I must admit that little Mrs. Godfrey's little private income put everything in a faintly different light.
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China is eating our lunch with regard to renewable energy.
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But at the same time, there must never be the least hesitation in giving up a position the moment it is shown to be untenable. It is not going too far to say that the greatness of a scientific investigator does not rest on the fact of his having never made a mistake, but rather on his readiness to admit that he has done so, whenever the contrary evidence is cogent enough.
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I got an offer in 1992 to buy a major-league team. I turned down the offer because I don't want my love of the game to involve business.
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When you involve the community in the bank, it just moves the bank forward
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We were really happy to get out here to run. We liked the cool mountain air. The only thing we didn't like was getting up at 4:30 to make it.
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Most of the holiday movies I enjoy, like 'It's a Wonderful Life,' don't really involve Santa.
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A gastronomical supermeal didn't necessarily have to involve the things I had brought from other top kitchens.
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Why does getting ahead always have to involve getting up early?
