Elizabeth Lesser Quotes
Agree to these ground rules: Be curious, conversational and real. Don't persuade or interrupt. Listen, listen, listen.
Quotes to Explore
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It is easy to see what many people, women especially, admire about Sarah Palin. Here is a mother of five who can see the bright side of having a child with Down syndrome and still find the time and energy to govern the state of Alaska.
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I am in love with myself, with my friends, with my family, with kids, with life and my movies.
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Marriage has always been a state and local issue.
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I found it interesting that as people become more technically oriented all over the world, at the same time people are becoming increasingly spiritual. The success of the Da Vinci code - even though it was a great yawn - also showed people's interest in religion.
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We have one of our priests in prison right now, Steve Kelly, for his antiwar actions, and three of us in the community are forbidden to visit him because we're all convicted felons.
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I'm a comedian who got into movies, so I don't really think of myself as an actor.
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Music isn't like news, where it's what happened five minutes ago or even 10 seconds ago that matters. With music, a song from the 1960s could be as relevant to someone today as the latest Ke$ha song.
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For a writer, life is always too short to write. I will just try my best during what remains of my life.
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I tend to make low-budget movies but, yeah, I make more money than I ever thought I would make.
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I don't care what people think of me as a person, but I do care what people think of my work, and whether I'm investing enough into it.
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I was once an extra in a Bruce Springsteen video where they did a live performance video at Tramps. I forget the name of the song.
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When I was growing up in Iraq, there was an unbroken belief in progress and a great sense of optimism. It was a moment of nation building.
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I am unboreable in the great outdoors.
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Early in my career, my 3-, 5- and 9-irons performed differently than my other irons. But I adapted and made them work.
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You need to learn. You need to grow up. You need to step up and know the difference between what you can do and what you can't.
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The idea of a stag hunt evokes chivalry - knights in jerkins and hose, ladies on sidesaddles with wimples and billowing dresses, a white stag symbolizing something-or-other, and Robin Hood getting in the way. An actual stag hunt is more like a horseback meeting of a county planning commission.
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An individual voice can be heard in a choir that otherwise sings in unison. This is something that is not excused.
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Sexuality poorly repressed unsettles some families; well repressed, it unsettles the whole world.
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The Simpsons can go anywhere in the world and not worry about any budgetary issues. However, even when the show has had its run, I think the characters can go on in perpetuity.
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Men say they love independence in a woman, but they don't waste a second demolishing it brick by brick.
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There are some things that are under our control, and that is to ensure that we ourselves follow sound macroeconomic stability rules.
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Boys have penises and girls have vaginas. If they touch at the wrong time, you can make a baby or die.
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It's all about confidence and how you feel about yourself. There's no such thing as a perfect woman. I like imperfections - that's what makes you unique.
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Agree to these ground rules: Be curious, conversational and real. Don't persuade or interrupt. Listen, listen, listen.
