Elizabeth Lesser Quotes
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If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good deal less sorrow in the world a hundred years hence.
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You know how you can be romantic? You can be romantic by going to a beautiful setting, sitting on a park bench, and getting good ole-fashioned golden arches, a.k.a. McDonald's. That's probably the best I can do romantically.
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Normally, most writers don't say, 'I'm going into a mild hypnotic trance.' Typically, they don't know how they do it. Most people, when they have a good experience writing, they're well placed in that state, which is also sometimes called a 'flow state.' If you don't have trouble, you don't have to think about it.
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If the coach is good, I don't think a psychologist is needed.
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I'm aware people will think I've had an easy way into a dream career. My view is, if anyone has opportunities, they'll take them. My surname opens doors, but those doors will slam firmly if I'm no good.
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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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Only really good comedies and really good horror movies get a verbal response out of the audience. People will scream. People will laugh.
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I had a lot of fun working with John Candy. We had a pretty good rapport.
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A whopping 89 percent of buyers start their home search online. How your house looks online is the modern equivalent of 'curb appeal.' Rent a wide-angle lens and good lighting, get rid of your clutter and post at least eight great photos to win the beauty contest.
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I was a very religious child - I went to synagogue at least once, sometimes twice, a day. And I remember my religiousness as good - I think religion is good for children, especially educated children, because it allows for imagination, a whole imaginative world apart from the practical world.
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Affectation is a very good word when someone does not wish to confess to what he would none the less like to believe of himself.
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Creative thinking inspires ideas. Ideas inspire change.
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I think most of us are outsiders. And I think that's good because it makes you question things.
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It comes down to what your priorities are, and if public education is about kids, then every decision we make should be focused on the question of 'Is this good for a child?' And that should be the driving focus and the priority when we decide what our policies should be and what our laws should be.
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Mencius said that human nature is good. I disagree with that.
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I hadn't actually watched 'Entourage.' But I do understand that if you know and love that show, Jeremy Piven is about as good as it gets.
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I admire Cate Blanchett as an actor: that's my ultimate goal. To be as good as she is!
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In real life, I'm the type of girl who doesn't take herself too seriously. I'm very serious when it comes to work, but I like to make jokes and have a good laugh and make fun of myself.
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My aim is to just make people feel good and happy.
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I was a good pupil at primary school: in the second class I was writing with no spelling mistakes, and the third and fourth classes were done in a single year.
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It is easy not to support the death penalty when there is doubt about the culpability of the person sitting in the chair; it is harder to sustain such principles when the crime of the accused is morally indefensible.
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My mother and I were very close and even when I left home and came to London I would ring her every day. She was very proud of me and loved my celebrity. She would often come to shoots and TV shows with me.
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The United States never stopped conspiring against the Arab world, which holds the largest oil reserves on the planet.
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Diversity is good. We need each other's ideas.
