Elizabeth Lesser Quotes
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My activism and sexual revolution in New York was a factor.
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I remember when people actually wore coats and ties to theatre every night. They don't anymore. It's very different.
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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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Looking back... it's hard to understand what all the fuss was about as things changed in just a few years. When you look at all the things that have happened in the world, it seems very small.
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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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People from the most horrendous of childhoods can have good lives, but it comes down to a very seemingly simple word. 'Choice.'
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If venereal delight and the power of propagating the species were permitted only to the virtuous, it would make the world very good.
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I have to represent. I feel proud to have a culture that's different... and proud to be a Latina. We're not all categorized as one type of person... there's people from everywhere doing different things who have different types of cultures. Being Latina for me is also being a strong woman.
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Working with real wolves has been exhilarating. They're so amazing. They're these beautiful, brilliant animals and they're great to work with.
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Our priests and presidents, our surgeons and lawyers, our educators and newscasters need worry less about satisfying the demands of their discipline than the demands of good showmanship.
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Grief is good...it is a sign of how well we have loved.
