Elizabeth Lesser Quotes
When we slow down, quiet the mind, and allow ourselves to feel hungry for something that we do not understand, we are dipping into the abundant well of spiritual longing.
Quotes to Explore
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I applaud anyone who wants to take on the load that comes with being President of the United States. You really have to love your country to place yourself in that position.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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I don't make any distinction between a popular TV series or blockbuster film and doing Shakespeare. They're different, but as long as the material is good and the intention is honourable, it's all the same to me.
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Growing up, I'd just be at home, playing tennis, spending my allowance on an ice-cream truck.
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There is no debate that social media is a great tool for networking with others in our industry. It can lead to friendships, support, and serendipitous connections with reviewers, agents, reporters, or editors.
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The problem is that religion tends to give people bad reasons to be good.
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I've worked my whole life and never missed a deadline.
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It's fun being paid to read stuff and air your opinion about it - pretty much a dream job for a writer.
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My three obsessions are mental illness, horror and religion.
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I think that's a great opportunity, to pick a script where you can build up a good skill. I think the main thing I look for when I look at scripts is if it's inspirational. If it's something that teenagers can relate to. And is it something that the audience is going to get something out of. If not, then it's really not worth doing.
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Universities are not here to be mediums for the coercion of other people, they're here to be mediums for the free exchange of ideas.
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Before high school ended, I started applying to college. It really wasn't even a choice because of the brainwashing of my parents.
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Whenever I've been in Scotland I've had such amazing support, and the love from Scottish fans has always been great.
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I started D.J.-ing my first year of college just for fun and to pay bills.
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These teachings have been sent to explain the truth as Jesus intended it to be known in the world - not to give a new Christianity, but to give the real Christ-teaching: how to become like Christ, how to resurrect the Eternal Christ within one's Self...
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'Humanity has evolved-as far as it has evolved,' continued the old priest, 'with no thanks to its predecessors or itself. Evolution brings human beings. Human beings, through a long and painful process, bring humanity.''Empathy,' Aenea said softly.
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Looking so cool, his greed is hard to conceal, he's fresh out of law school, you gave him a license to steal.
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I'd like to extend my career a little bit into different genres.
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I'm not against people buying clothes; I think clothes are wonderful, and I'm very materialistic myself - but there's a way of finding a compromise. I just think we can buy less and pay more, to make sure people aren't being exploited.
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I wonder if my shrink (sorry, psychiatrist) was a woman not a man I'd be in a better or worse state?
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When I started Teach For America, I wasn't trying to come up with an idea that would change the world. I was trying to solve a problem much closer to home: I was a senior in college, and I had no idea what I was going to do with my life!
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The terms of peace may be negotiated by political leaders, but the fate of peace is up to each of us.
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When we slow down, quiet the mind, and allow ourselves to feel hungry for something that we do not understand, we are dipping into the abundant well of spiritual longing.
