Elizabeth Lesser Quotes
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My activism and sexual revolution in New York was a factor.
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I write, having seen what's happening already in my head. I see it as a movie, and I'm just writing down what's happening in front of me.
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Like art and politics, gangsterism is a very important avenue of assimilation into society.
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My favorite animal is steak.
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I'm not a best-seller, but through translations, I've accumulated some money.
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I detest that saying 'Everything happens for a reason'; it's nonsense.
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I'm a closet outdoorsy athletic enthusiast, and I would love to do a rafting and hiking trip someday and maybe sleep in a treehouse and bathe in a chilly winding river.
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Do we have the right to understand the world we live in? The right to all the information regarding why our governments are making the decisions that they are?
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There are people who, if they see something in couture that they perceive as ready-to-wear, they're in shock.
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Thirdly, even if we assume that the world is governed by purpose, we need only add that this purpose - or, if there are several, at least one of them - is not especially intent on preventing suffering, whether it is indifferent to suffering or actually rejoices in it.
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Whether I like it or not, I've become influential to people.
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Sometimes in this game it's as good to be lucky as it is to be good.
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A weaker currency is a national tariff. After we get a weaker currency, we have to take advantage of that. Or else, we will waste it once more in inflation and in the inability to raise competitiveness.
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The kind of money that show business will pay you, unless you need to have shoes made of diamonds, you can actually put it in the bank and sort of be okay.
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I loved 'Pan's Labyrinth.' It transported me into another world. I like fantasy worlds; I love 'Lord of the Rings' as well, for that reason, because you really get to get out of reality and go somewhere else.
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Sometimes I feel it would be nice to have a bit more privacy.
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I'm a novelist - not an expert on coal mining. I'm not a politician with an agenda to push. I'm not a reporter presenting facts, and I'm not a sociologist documenting the last struggling remnants of blue-collar America. I'm simply an author who sets her books in coal country because it's where I come from, and it's what I know.
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I don't like being angry all the time; it's not good for me. I have to have serenity or else go to war.
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My love of music comes from as long as I remember. I begged my mum to learn piano for a year when I was 4; she wanted to make sure I was serious, and I wanted to be Chuck Berry when I grew up! We were a very musical family; my mum would play guitar, and her, my dad and aunt would sing and harmonize!
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I'm wondering when you hit the age where people say, 'Oh, OK, he's not so young.'
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It's a blessing to be a part of such great shows that they're so recognizable.
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It's a maddening thing in itself to look at an old poem of yours. To translate it is even more maddening.
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Grief is good...it is a sign of how well we have loved.