Elizabeth Lesser Quotes
I think diversity of thinking and healing traditions from around the world are good for us. The movement itself has evolved enormously and it's been a thrill to be part of it.
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There ain't no genius here. Strategy in baseball is overrated. People say, 'That Weaver, he plays for the long ball too much.' You bet I do. Hit 'em out. Then I got no worry about somebody lousing up a bunt, I got no worry about the hit and run - and that's really overrated - I got no worry about base-running errors. And I can't screw it up myself.
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My work is not so much a direct commentary as it is an open-ended observation of the absurdities around us.
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Those were the ideals that drove us to nationalization of the health service.
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Popular culture has become engorged, broadening and thickening until it's the only culture anyone notices.
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I don't golf. I've never golfed. I will never golf.
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I don't go to the gym because I don't have time, but I do Pilates workout DVDs for 20 minutes or more every day at home.
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I pretty much preach, teach and nag.
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Monks are not expected to speak about themselves; the message is important, not the person.
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Make yourself do unpleasant things so as to gain the upper hand of your soul.
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We have to acknowledge that those past human right abuses existed and so we can't go forward without looking back, and understanding that was enormous problem, not just for America but also problem for the Indonesian people...
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Doing a life study while drunk and in the process of being seduced is never a formula for quality art.
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Unfortunately, in some parts of the country, some kids are taught at an early age that being different is somehow bad or wrong or worthy of ridicule.
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Usher is so innovative - he's a great performer, a great entertainer.
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If you know people, it's so much more fun working with them because it's like your family is back together again.
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I'm completely dyslexic, so academia was never really my path.
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But I love how people who are musical, they know how to dress.
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Ageing is one of those battles you're not going to win. I'll try to look as good as I can as long as I can. I don't think I'll do cosmetic surgery because I'm a wimp.
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It's a lot of work being an indie artist, but it's worth it.
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India's rigid social structure limits intergenerational economic mobility and fosters acceptance of vast wealth disparities.
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Fascism is very much a mob movement.
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Dance ... is life, or becomes it, in a way that other arts cannot attain. It is not in stone, or words or tones, but in our muscles. It is a formulation of their movements.
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Every man who appreciates the majesty and beauty of the wilderness and of wild life, should strike hands with the far-sighted men who wish to preserve our material resources, in the effort to keep our forests and our game-beasts, game-birds, and game-fish—indeed, all the living creatures of prairie and woodland and seashore—from wanton destruction. Above all, we should recognize that the effort toward this end is essentially a democratic movement. It is entirely within our power as a nation to preserve large tracts of wilderness, which are valueless for agricultural purposes and unfit for settlement, as playgrounds for rich and poor alike.… But this end can only be achieved by wise laws and by a resolute enforcement of the laws.
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As a songwriter, pop music really is a love and a joy and a science, and I feel like a lot of people look at pop music with a very formulaic perspective in numbers and patterns, but an outsider would think that the process is very natural.
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I think diversity of thinking and healing traditions from around the world are good for us. The movement itself has evolved enormously and it's been a thrill to be part of it.
