Elizabeth Lesser Quotes
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I've never been able to understand what they mean by 'Pinteresque,'. I'm sure it's indefinable.
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Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.
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A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.
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We recognized in 1996 that, with progress in the field of genetics accelerating at a breathtaking pace, we need to ensure that advances in treatment and prevention of disease do not constitute a new basis for discrimination.
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Only those ignorant of what poetry means will ask the question: what is it good for?
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I would not hesitate to vote for a white person as president if I thought he was the best person for the job.
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The grandchildren should not bear the debts of the grandparents.
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Today we are engaged in a deadly global struggle for those who would intimidate, torture, and murder people for exercising the most basic freedoms. If we are to win this struggle and spread those freedoms, we must keep our own moral compass pointed in a true direction.
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Pay attention to science and not myths: We think liars won't look you in the eyes, but it turns out an honest person will only look you in the eyes about 60 percent of the time.
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It seems that no two people came to this specialized area of work via the exact same route.
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With all the auditions you do, there is a lot of rejection you have to take as well. You get used to that.
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My story about becoming an actor is a completely non-romantic one. I became an actor because my parents were actors, and it seemed like a very... I knew I was going to act all my life, but I didn't know that I was going to be a professional actor. I thought I was just going to work as an actor every now and then.
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I love my job so much, and not everyone can say that and I recognize how lucky that is.
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I can't hide things from my Maker, so it is better to be honest.
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And not only that, I also have the MacBook Air which is really cool. Even my wife is jealous of my MacBook Air.
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When men cut jobs, they're seen as decisive. When women do, they're vindictive.
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Anything beats an expensive stack of paper.
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One time my mom tried to ground me, but that lasted 15 minutes.
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Going home, spending time with the family, I feel they're my friends as well, all of them. I look forward to meeting any one of them for a coffee, and when we all get together, I just love it.
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I was obsessed with movies, and it ended up being the tool with which I could make friends. Because I was too painfully shy in other circumstances, I would say, 'Hey, do you want to make a movie?' And that's how I made friends, and it was also my escape.
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Now, if some panic hits me, you have to sort of be friends with your body, it's like your body will work against you.
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When you did the job, you thought you were just trying to amuse your friends who are all on the job. I'm just trying to make the sound guy laugh, the script supervisor. A movie like Caddyshack, I can walk on a golf course and some guy will be screaming entire scenes at me and expecting me to do it word for word with him. It's like, 'Fella, I did that once. I improvised that scene. I don't remember how it goes'. But I'm charmed by it. I'm not like, 'Hey, knock it off'. It's kind of cool.
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Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword.
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We don't need any more teachers. We don't. We need friends.