Elizabeth Kolbert Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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What clients are really interested in is honesty, plus a baseline of competence.
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Mel will always be Mad Max, and me, I will always be a Number.
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When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.
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For me, my writing benefits from my experience.
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I started playing piano when I was 6, ukulele at 7.
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I don't feel closeted.
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It is amazing that it is my destiny to be the first Aussie to win the Masters.
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I do not believe in abortion at will. I do not believe that if a woman just wants to have an abortion she should... I do believe if you have an abortion you are committing murder.
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And the success of the union movement, historically, has always been to benefit all working men and women - not just people who belong to the union.
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You can observe a lot by watching.
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The key is a good story. If you have a good story, you have enough emotional beats that you can hit.
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I mean, any movie or story that makes you accept and be grateful for something about your life is doing something right.
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I don't even draw on my life experiences when I'm acting. I just try and make it feel like I'm living through that person's skin.
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How is it that mercury is not safe for food additives and Over the Counter drug products, but it is safe in our vaccines and dental amalgams?
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The blues and jazz will live forever... So will the Delta and the Big Easy.
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Madonna did amazing songs. She had an amazing sense of style, without a stylist. And she was flawed, and sometimes she admitted it. I'll fight the fight for Madonna. I think she should send me some chocolates or something to thank me.
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The most appropriate type of daily life for me was a day-by-day world destruction; peace was the most difficult and abnormal state to live in.
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There is no muse of philosophy, nor is there one of translation.
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The fish in the water is silent, the animal on the earth is noisy, the bird in the air is singing, But Man has in him the silence of the sea, the noise of the earth and the music of the air.
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It is people who pause to appreciate life and give thanks who are happiest. If we change our thoughts, we change our world! Love and peace to you all.
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Fatherhood is a joy. I feel very lucky to have a family. It gives you a perspective on things.
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Writing is so entwined with my being that I can't imagine a life without it.
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I'm not a representative of blackness, and I'm not a healer.
Colson Whitehead -
Amphibians—the word comes from the Greek meaning ‘double life.'