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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All of the songs my grandparents and parents listened to are called boleros - they're all love songs. They're about giving your heart to a person. It's a culture that is so romantic and passionate, and that's something that I'm very proud of. We grew up with nothing, so we just want to live a life full of love.
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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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Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake.
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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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Reputation is what people expect us to do next. It's their expectation of the quality and character of the next thing we produce or say or do. We control our actions (even when it feels like we don't) and our actions over time (especially when we think no one is looking) earn our reputation.
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The commonsense rules of the "real world" are a fragile collection of socially reinforced illusions.
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I'm hopeful that Israelis can go to Ramallah whenever they want and see how the people are living.
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Some of the best dramatic actors have started in comedy.
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Agree to these ground rules: Be curious, conversational and real. Don't persuade or interrupt. Listen, listen, listen.
