Elizabeth Lesser Quotes
Life is like a school; one can learn, one can graduate, one can skip a grade or stay behind.
Quotes to Explore
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When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?
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The fundamental thing about my personality is that I think I'm an imposter.
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In Iraq, many of my female friends were architects and professionals with a lot of power during the 1980s while all the men were at war in Iran.
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It's not very often that I like new bands.
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It's an odd mix, the life of a playwright.
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There is no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
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Some might think that George W. Bush had his shortcomings, but let me tell you something – history's going to be kind to George W. Bush.
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I try to be really conscious. I don't want to ever look back and regret not raising my kids and not being around.
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Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.
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The battle of Austerlitz is the grandest of all I have fought.
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I just like being on stage and making people happy.
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I like roles of people who can overcome things because there's strength in that and an arc - and roles where they start in one place, and toward the end of the script they end up in a completely different place, so you've seen this growth and some humanity in the role.
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I live in the moment. I can turn the page and move on.
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The whole 'School of Rock' experience was really cool, and just meeting new people from all over.
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My number one thing was that if I ever did get successful enough to make it, I wanted to be able to give back to my family.
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A bear and a rabbit were taking a shit in the woods. The bear turns to the rabbit and says, 'Excuse me, do you have problems with shit sticking to your fur?' And the rabbit says, 'No.' So the bear wiped his ass with the rabbit.
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A sold-out crowd is better than a number one. But being in the studio is better than all of that.
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I recently did a play, Athol Fugard's 'Coming Home' at Long Wharf Theatre, where I played one character throughout - I sat at a table and didn't have any costume changes. Following one character's arc from beginning to end is a whole different mindset.
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Longhorns are unique - each and every one of them is a different color with a different design.
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We have an opportunity to create a future where we are actually encouraging providers to keep people away from acute care, whenever possible.
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I've always lived my gymnastics career with a lot of passion and a lot of purpose.
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Things go wrong for me, all the time, with technology. I'm not familiar enough with it, and I'm too old school a brain to be able to figure it out. I'm dumb. Anything that I have to attack with my thumbs, for any period of time, makes me feel stupid. So, I try to avoid it, as much as possible, to protect my thumbs.
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I was at Emily Carr College of Art and Design in Vancouver for four years, and I loved it.
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Life is like a school; one can learn, one can graduate, one can skip a grade or stay behind.
