Elizabeth Lesser Quotes
When women hear each other's stories, told from the heart, it gives us inspiration to keep on going.
Quotes to Explore
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If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
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The public's nerves are raw and edgy. You have to be discreet and understanding about the films you are showing.
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Do we really want to continue to push out the envelope of survival only to see other things crop up that we may not like?
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'Hannity' had a a guy on that said, 'I fathered 20 kids by 14 mothers.' That is s cultural issue which has demeaned our society and has caused our society dearly in terms of imprisonment. Who's going to be the fathers to those children? Who's going to pay child support?
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With a warm drink, in a rocking chair and family and friends around, I am working on finding peace and joy in the moments we have been given. It doesn't have to all make sense. I don't have all the answers.
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The Secretary of the State at the time was James Baker, who had also been Secretary of Treasury and White House Chief of Staff: very powerful guy. And I went to see him in his very ornate office at the State Department to say I wasn't going to cover him anymore. It was just a courtesy call.
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Well, I have a couple of projects in the pipeline, but I'm taking things slow for now and being choosy about the roles I take up. One thing I can assure you of is that you are going to see a lot of me!
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It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes.
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I guess I'm a bit of a tomboy and can be quite resourceful.
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I feel that I communicate best when I am not deliberately being linear. Along this same line, I feel some of the best sermons I've ever heard were in the theatre rather than the pulpit - as, for example, in the Theatre of the Absurd.
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I definitely love kimchi. The biggest influence that eating so much Korean food growing up had on me was that I have no limit for spiciness. The hotter the better.
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It's a huge headache - the more money you have, the more hassles. I find money very uncomfortable.
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I will never give up my dream of being a prima ballerina and backup dancer for Justin Timberlake!
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I want to be the best advocate and promoter for poetry that I can be.
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Feminism justified female 'victim power' by convincing the world that we lived in a sexist, male-dominated, and patriarchal world.
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A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married.
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On the first day of school, my father told me I'd be the most popular girl and everyone would love me and want to be my friend. It wasn't so, but it gave me an enormous amount of confidence.
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Not to feel exasperated, or defeated, or despondent because your days aren't packed with wise and moral actions. But to get back up when you fail, to celebrate behaving like a human-however imperfectly-and fully embrace the pursuit that you've embarked on. (Hays translation)
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I envy the sensibility in Europe, appreciating beauty in women as they age. I'm going to go that way. I might dye my gray hair for a bit, but beyond that the buck stops. I'm not having any work done.
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Woke up last night half past four, fifty women knocking on my door.
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The hardest novel to write was Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant.
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When women hear each other's stories, told from the heart, it gives us inspiration to keep on going.
