Elizabeth Lesser Quotes
First we forgive ourselves, then we forgive others and life itself.
Elizabeth Lesser
Quotes to Explore
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Normally, young writers have all the time in the world and they don't always use it well.
Zadie Smith
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I have to entertain, because if I don't entertain you, you're not going to continue reading. But if I'm not out to enlighten, or change your mind about something, or change your behavior, then I really don't want to take the journey.
Bebe Moore Campbell
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No one's promised anything. You could have the biggest record on radio and sell no records.
Nas
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Well, I started thinking about what you were saying about how your movies need to make a profit. Now, what is the one thing, if you put it in a movie, it'll be successful?
Ed Wood
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The same sort of thing happened in my dispute with the National Trust book: Follies: A National Trust Guide, which implied that the only pleasure you can get from Folly architecture is by calling the architect mad, and by laughing at the architecture.
Ian Hamilton Finlay
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Power has long been regarded as morally corrosive, and we often suspect the intentions of those who seek it.
Gary Hamel
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Well, as soon as he Trump travels to 112 countries and negotiates a peace deal, a cease fire, the release of dissidents, an opening of new opportunities in nations around the world, or even spends eleven hours testifying in front of a congressional committee, he can talk to me about stamina.
Hillary Clinton
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It is the end. But of what? The end of France? No. The end of kings? Yes.
Victor Hugo
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When I was a teenager, I felt my life was constrained by rules, school, my parents. I wanted to feel like I was empowered and different; that's why superheroes, comics, manga, and video games filled my needs. When I got older, I realized power is not free; it comes with responsibility.
Jenova Chen
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When I turned 50, I threw myself a big birthday party, and I looked seriously at what my life has been about. I recommend this to everybody. Ask yourself, "What have I done? How did I do it? Where'd I mess up? Where did I do well?" When I did this assessment of my life, I said to myself, "It was really good." I made a lot of people laugh, made a lot of people cry in a good way, brought a lot of joy to people, picked up a lot of garbage. And in all those years, I saw a lot. I went to foreign lands. I met interesting people. And I got it!
Bette Midler
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We all have an expectancy of something, but who's to say it always goes that way? Nine times out of 10, life never goes that way.
Andrew McCutchen
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First we forgive ourselves, then we forgive others and life itself.
Elizabeth Lesser