Elizabeth Lesser Quotes

Our errors and failings are chinks in the heart's armor through which our true colors can shine.

Elizabeth Lesser

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• Can I eventually take classes and eliminate my accent? Sure. I guess anybody could. But this is who I am, and this is what I got. And there are millions of people who sound just like me. Millions. It's not like this is some novelty.

  

  Jack McBrayer
  • Sound
  • Accent
  • Classes

• I've always been quite a happy person, but when I'm low, I'm pretty darn low.

  

  Pam Dawber
  • Happy
  • Pretty
  • Been

• Publicity's a cancer. It eats out a man - till there's nothing but a shell left.

  

  Patrick Kavanagh
  • Man
  • Cancer
  • Nothing

• Harry Potter to me is a bore. His talent arrives as a gift; he's chosen. Who can identify with that? But Hermione - she's working harder than anyone, she's half outsider, right? Half Muggle. She shouldn't be there at all. It's so unfair that Harry's the star of the books, given how hard she worked to get her powers.

  

  Ira Glass
  • She
  • Me
  • Star

• If Republicans are aiming for the heart, for compassion, the last thing they should do is abandon the sanctity of life. Instead, they should tell Americans that they believe in the dignity and value of every human being, from the defenseless unborn child, to the newborn with a disability, to the 90-year-old dealing with dementia.

  

  Gary Bauer
  • Life
  • Believe
  • Heart

• Truth be told, ginormous portions have become a pet peeve of mine.

  

  Hal Sparks
  • Truth
  • Become
  • Pet

• I've got lots of friends who are musicians, so if they ask me to do things, I'll go and do it for a laugh. I don't want to be a pop star or anything like that.

  

  Kate Moss
  • Friends
  • Star
  • Laugh

• The world has so much suffering in it already-choosing to be vegetarian is one thing you can do to reduce the suffering on a daily basis.

  

  Alyssa Milano
  • World
  • Suffering
  • Daily

• I love making movies, but there's nothing like performing live.

  

  Dwayne Johnson
  • Live

• There are many Republicans who hardly even know a Democrat. And there are just as many, if not more, Democrats who don't know a Republican.

  

  James Carville

• The uniqueness of the United States in human history is the United States is the first global power in human history which emerged far away from Africa or Asia, which is the main land of human history.

  

  Ahmet Davutoglu
  • Power
  • History

• Religion without morality is a superstition and a curse, and morality without religion is impossible.

  

  Mark Hopkins

• That's the beautiful thing about baseball. You can be any size and be successful.

  

  Andrew Benintendi
  • Beautiful
  • Baseball

• My favorite six words in recovery are: trust God, clean house, and help others.

  

  Matthew Perry
  • God
  • Help
  • House

• Jazz is pretty much the freest thing you can be a part of. It's the closest thing I can get to flying. It's fun, interactive. In its own way, it's a sport.

  

  Bria Skonberg
  • Fun
  • Pretty
  • Flying

• So I had the worst experience at the very beginning, and things have been getting better since.

  

  Alex Cox
  • Experience
  • Beginning

• We talked to the referees before the game; there's always new situations to adjust, for the refs and for us as well. Even on the ice, it's good for players to talk and interact with the referee.

  

  Peter Bondra
  • Good
  • Game

• Great drama is all about conflict, and what's a better conflict than Republican-Democrat?

  

  Allison Janney
  • Great
  • Drama

• I like Stevie Wonder as my favorite non-pianist pianist. I mean, I shouldn't call him a non-pianist, because he's really a great pianist, but he doesn't feature it that much - he uses his keyboards and his piano technique to support his great songs and so forth, but he can really blow.

  

  Chick Corea
  • Great
  • Support
  • Wonder

• The spectacles of experience; through them you will see more clearly a second time.

  

  Henrik Ibsen
  • Experience
  • See
  • Spectacles

• What the world most needs today are negative virtues - not minding people, not being huffy, touchy, irritable or revengeful.

  

  E. M. Forster
  • People
  • World
  • Today

• My idea is, I shine, you shine. If I'm doing well and you're with me, you do well.

  

  Eli Manning
  • Idea
  • Shine

• Once you feel like you're being dictated by other people's expectations, it usually backfires.

  

  Rob Zombie
  • People
  • Feels
  • Expectations

• Our errors and failings are chinks in the heart's armor through which our true colors can shine.

  

  Elizabeth Lesser
  • Shine
  • Errors
  • Armor