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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Time puts things in proper perspective.
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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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All of us must recognise that education and innovation will be the currency of the 21st Century.
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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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A definite highlight was doing 'The Brothers McMullen.' Shooting that movie was such a joy - and then we wound up winning the Sundance Film Festival. That big-break moment is visceral. It happens once in a decade, maybe once in a lifetime.
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The best plan now is to have as many bosses as possible. I call it boss diversity. If you work for a company and you have one boss and that boss doesn't like you or wants to get rid of you, you're in trouble. But if you work for yourself, you have lots of bosses, who are your customers, and if a few of them decide they don't like you, that's okay.
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We are going forward with the idea of a multicultural , a multinational state, trying to live in unity, at the same time respecting our diversity...But we need to all come together so we can live united.
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It may sound funny, but I got a thrill when I was pulled into a crowd once. It was like 'How am I going to get out of this?!
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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.
