Elizabeth Kolbert Quotes
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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 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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Crocker's Rules didn't give you the right to say anything offensive, but other people could say potentially offensive things to you, and it was your responsibility not to be offended. This was surprisingly hard to explain to people; many people would read the careful explanation and hear, 'Crocker's Rules mean you can say offensive things to other people.'
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With money, who needs friends?
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Wedding is destiny, and hanging likewise.
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I want to get back and figure out how we're going to make 'The Tonight Show' funny and good.
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Some burn damp faggots, others may consume The entire combustible world in one small room As though dried straw, and if we turn about The bare chimney is gone black out Because the work had finished in that flare.
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Amphibians—the word comes from the Greek meaning ‘double life.'
