Elizabeth Lesser Quotes
I can only do what I do with a spirit of humor, and faith and give the controls over to something else.
Quotes to Explore
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There are two kinds of ham: raw and cooked. Raw ham is cured with salt and/or smoke over time; cooked ham is boiled. Every culture that makes ham has its own unique and various methods.
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People often believe that character causes action, but when it comes to producing moral children, we need to remember that action also shapes character.
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I have some girls who I look back on and I think, 'Wow, they were really horrible to me.' I would love an apology from a few girls, but whatever. I'm not holding any grudges. I'm over it.
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Sometimes a chord on a guitar will somehow spur some thought in your head, and you will write a song about it.
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It's a burden trying to keep a secret. It's hard. It probably takes more out of you trying to hold it and keep it than it does for you to really let it out.
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I don't do anything by myself. I have a whole crew to get me ready every day.
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I wish to thank my parents for making it all possible... and I wish to thank my children for making it necessary.
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Everyone knows nowadays that people 'have complexes'. What is not so well known, though far more important theoretically, is that complexes can have us.
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Paul Krugman is a danger to society!
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What's similar between Britain and America is the lack of good-quality civic buildings.
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For years the Trio did nothing but play for musicians and other hip people. We practically starved to death.
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I have two very cogent reasons for not printing any list of subscribers; - one, that I have lost all the names, - the other, that I have spent all the money.
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No man should go through life without once experiencing healthy, even bored solitude in the wilderness, finding himself depending solely on himself and thereby learning his true and hidden strength. Learning for instance, to eat when he's hungry and sleep when he's sleepy.
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The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato.
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Silence is not the absence of sound, but the absence of self.
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One can insult an honest man or an honest woman, but to tell a thief that he is a thief is merely la constation d'un fait The establishing of a fact.
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The best life is the one in which the creative impulses play the largest part and the possessive impulses the smallest.
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A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
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In bachata, you had these guys that used to wear suits and had a really traditional style. We looked different. Baggy jeans. We had the Spanglish going on, and I knew that was going to work to our advantage.
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I am not trying to be better than my father. I am not trying to be like him. I am just trying to be myself and express myself how I feel.
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I like to make people dream and think and imagine and learn and study. Nowadays, music is so literal - it's telling you, "This is how it is," and my music's the opposite. I come from an era where lyrics were full of imagery and metaphor, and that's all I know.
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As a mama and a grandma, I appreciate, understand and absolutely believe in the sanctity of life. But I recognize that there are those tough situations where heartbreaking decisions have to be made.
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When it is a question of God's almighty Spirit, never say, 'I can't.'
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I can only do what I do with a spirit of humor, and faith and give the controls over to something else.
