Elizabeth Lesser Quotes
One does not practice meditation to become a great meditator. We meditate to wake up and live, to become skilled at the art of living.
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I know what to do and I go and execute.
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Everyone dreams of living in Paris.
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Democracy is about non-arbitrary decisions. Democracy is about spreading decisions; it is not about destroying processes.
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I think they could of recast the children, I heard of people wanting to do something like that. That would be a nice little show to do but you know that show was of the 80's, I don't think the audience mind set is in that direction any longer.
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Conrad Black is a picture of a man hugely enjoying himself.
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You've got certain guys that just want to be famous and then you've got the real musicians that just love playing music.
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If we don't have accurate information, if we are not able to tell difficult truth one to another, we will never be able to effectively design a policy for Iraq.
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The house where I grew up in the Hancock Park section of Los Angeles was like a dream - even though my family faced threats after my father bought it in August 1948.
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Television is what it's always been. The best of times and the worst of times at the same time.
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I eat mostly vegetarian. I love meat, but I think it should be enjoyed on occasion - like cheesecake or blackouts.
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I still when I wake up hit the ground running; and having an illness, I'm only one of hundreds of thousands of people that live with an illness, and I'm just in awe of the bravery and dignity of the people I see at the hospital.
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I wouldn't ask other people to invest in my race if I wasn't willing to invest in it myself.
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The goal for me is always to have the opportunity to work in different genres. This is a great and exciting time in my career, where I can have the opportunity to work in different genres, and also I recognize there's not a lot of actors who have that opportunity and I'm grateful for it.
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Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men.
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I do have fun writing, and a long time ago, I told myself, 'You got to have fun at this, or it'll drive you nuts.'
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I was in Jungian analysis for 20 years, 1976-96.
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One important measurement issue concerns the fat tails problem that I mentioned earlier. VAR is concerned with extreme outcomes. If the tails of the probability distributions we are using are too thin, our VAR measures are likely to be too low.
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A lot of the companies that I am inclined to get involved in have a mission to fix something that is 'broken' in the world.
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I don't think there's any question that the UFL or any other league that wants to challenge the NFL can have an impact. The demand for professional football is off the charts.
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If it wasn't for golf, I'd probably be a caddie today.
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A lot of people are surprised to hear that an actor studied for two or three years. They take the craft for granted and wanna just wake up and be an actor.
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I have all these rules for avoiding depression. One is going outside in the morning. I don't keep breakfast in the house, so that I have to go out first thing when I first wake up. And then I come back and shower.
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The future is fluid. Each act, each decision, and each development creates new possibilities and eliminates others. The future is ours to direct.
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One does not practice meditation to become a great meditator. We meditate to wake up and live, to become skilled at the art of living.
