Elizabeth Lesser Quotes
I actually don't think we're more divided than we were. I think it's more evident. It's more evident because of the internet.
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During this time I had the singular good fortune of being able to discuss the problem constantly with Einstein. Some experiments done at Einstein's suggestion yielded no decisively new result.
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There are so many different criteria for my collecting, and I have to confess that the goalposts do shift. But obviously, with my background, I am particularly drawn to things that have been documented in contemporary magazines.
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I don't think about whether it's gonna be a dance record or a ballad or anything when I'm making music. I sit in the studio and I think, 'How am I feeling today?' and I write how I feel. It's really, really simple.
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People don't care about questionnaires.
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Wanting to be understood by an audience that didn't know Russian, I tried to paint musical pictures by emphasizing the phrasing, using voice color more boldly, and varying the shade and nuance.
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I love babies. I love being pregnant and I loved giving birth.
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I think I'm lucky having parents that have been in show business for a while, and they don't care about the shiny stuff so much. They raised me in that way - to stay grounded, not to chase the shiny, pretty things.
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They can't pooh-pooh me now, because of who I am.
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I take my Bible with me, sometimes two of them, when I travel.
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Building capacity dissolves differences. It irons out inequalities.
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Waging a colonial war in the post-colonial age is self-defeating.
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You know what it's like: you don't want to read your old books again. All you can see are the flaws, what you would do differently.
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We still need to be conscious of the fact that Russia has intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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I have friends who have a CD mastering plant in Hollywood and they are very sceptical about European record labels' understanding of digital technology.
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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
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The psychological trauma of losing a job can be as great as the trauma of a divorce.
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When I was a child, the FA Cup was one of the crown jewels of the sporting year, along with the Grand National, Wimbledon and The Open. But with every announcement it seems to lose another piece of its identity. First it was sponsors added to the name, followed by the semi-finals at Wembley.
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It's part of the job to compensate for outfit.
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'Tis God gives skill, but not without men's hand: He could not make Antonio Stradivarius's violins without Antonio.
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It is my belief that industry and government around the world should work even more closely to protect the privacy and security of Internet users, and promote the exchange of ideas, while respecting legitimate government considerations.
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This created world really helped me as an actor. It heightened everything, which made it more dangerous, more interesting and more liberating.
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When you were a kid, a day was a long time and a year was a long time.
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I actually don't think we're more divided than we were. I think it's more evident. It's more evident because of the internet.
