Elizabeth Lesser Quotes
There's something in our makeup and in our bodies that really wants to luxuriate more in just the joy of being alive and not always consuming, creating, building. There's something inside of us that wants desperately to stop and experience and just be - not just always do.
Quotes to Explore
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Humility is a good estate; founded thereon, the whole spiritual edifice grows into a holy temple in the Lord. Through humility, some have even possessed the gates of their enemies. For which of the virtues is so mighty to subdue the pride of demons and the tyranny of men?
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I'm cool with myself. If I can't have the body of Angie Bassett, so be it.
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All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.
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The future rewards those who press on. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I'm going to press on.
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Stages are getting higher and higher, and I'm getting older and older.
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It's never crowded along the extra mile.
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When you do the wrong thing, knowing it is wrong, you do so because you haven't developed the habit of effectively controlling or neutralizing strong inner urges that tempt you, or because you have established the wrong habit and don't know how to eliminate them effectively.
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Could one live on the sense of beauty alone, exempt from the necessity of 'creature comforts,' a sea-voyage would be delightful.
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My stepdad is a Patriots fan, so I've become a Pats fan, too.
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Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.
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Failure means a stripping away of the inessential.
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It's a little difficult when something goes from being an utter obsession - a thing where your skill defines you as a person - to it just being a thing you occasionally do.
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The 'Family Ties' role was the first of many gay roles that I've ended up playing. I remember that I made them laugh, and it made me feel good, 'cause it really cracked them up.
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I had a really hard time when I was 16, 17, 18. I started with the eating disorder in high school.
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There are apparently three factors that lead to longevity: heredity, habits, and what your wife will let you get away with.
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What the world needs now is love, sweet love, It's the only thing that there's just too little of. What the world needs now is love, sweet love, No not just for some but for everyone.
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Only wimps use tape backup: real men just upload their important stuff on ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it ;)
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It's tough being a teenager, man!
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Read everything you can get your hands on: Programme your mind to read all the time and everywhere - even in the bathroom; skim through the lines printed on the back of shampoo bottles and sanitary napkin packets.
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If your gonna screw up, do it while you're young. Older you get, the harder it is to bounce back.
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Never think that Jesus commanded a trifle, nor dare to trifle with anything He has commanded.
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I don't know of any other creature on earth other than man that will sit in a corner and cry because of some painful experience in the past.
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When a president makes life and death decisions, he should draw strength and wisdom from broad and deep experience with the reasons for and the risks of committing our children to our defense. For no matter how many others are involved in the decision, the president is a lonely man in a dark room when the casualty reports come in.
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There's something in our makeup and in our bodies that really wants to luxuriate more in just the joy of being alive and not always consuming, creating, building. There's something inside of us that wants desperately to stop and experience and just be - not just always do.
