Elizabeth Kolbert Quotes
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If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.
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We all need to have a creative outlet - a window, a space - so we don't lose track of ourselves.
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There is no 'one-size-fits-all' way to build an audience.
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Dissembling harlot, thou art false in all!
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Immorality, no less than morality, has at all times found support in religion.
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This is the true joy in life: Being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one, being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it what I can. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.
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I always believed that whatever had to be written would somehow get itself written.
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There is a movement in club football, which I don't necessarily consider a prime example of solidarity, because it leads us to conclude the rich are getting richer and they are using everything in the market to create an exodus from Africa.
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Communication is the transfer of emotion.
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I chose to go back to 90210 because it's home, you know, and we had such a loyal fan base for so many years that I owe everything to our fans. So I felt - I really felt the need to give back to them and to give then Donna again, and see where she is now. And I'm really excited to play her again.
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The third rule of life is this: Everything you buy today is smaller, more expensive, and not as good as it was yesterday.
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Few are made for independence, it is the privilege of the strong.
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The humility of Jesus can be seen in the crib, in the exile to Egypt, in the hidden life, in the inability to make people understand Him, in the desertion of His apostles, in the hatred of His persecutors, in all the terrible suffering and death of His Passion, and now in His permanent state of humility in the tabernacle, where He has reduced Himself to such a small particle of bread that the priest can hold Him with two fingers. The more we empty ourselves, the more room we give God to fill us.
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I stick my finger into existence and it smells of nothing.
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Successful workers will be those who embrace a lifetime of learning. Those who don't will be left behind.
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We’re seeing right now that a mass extinction can be caused by human beings.