Elizabeth Lesser Quotes
I'm calling my initiative take the other to lunch. If you are a Republican, you can take a Democrat to lunch or if you're a Democrat, think of it as taking a Republican to lunch because there is no shortage of the other right in your own neighborhood, maybe that person who worships at the mosque or the church or the synagogue down the street or someone from the other side of the abortion conflict - or maybe your brother-in-law who doesn't believe in global warming.
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I'm advocating that American citizens interested in democracy should stay out of chain stores.
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Any threat to the health and safety of a child in any school or classroom is unacceptable.
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I had to accept the fact that sometimes things happen that are out of our hands.
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It's very easy to lose language - it can be shut off in a second.
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I get no satisfaction just showing myself in every corner of the world every week.
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I don't bring expectations to any of my books. I don't tell people what to do. I want to invite them in.
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We are the mimics. Clouds are pedagogues.
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It is not to be wondered that men have worshiped the ocean, for in his depths they have seen mirrored the image of Eternity - of Infinity. Here they have seen the symbol of God's great plan of oneness with His creatures, for the sea is the union of all infinite particles, and it takes the whole to make the one.
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Writing is, of course, a solitary occupation. But for many writers, myself included, it's through writing that we make certain vital connections.
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Sinclair Lewis may be ripe for a revival; his books raise several interesting issues of art and fashion.
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There is stardust in your veins. We are literally, ultimately children of the stars.
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It's a unique thing, and it's probably the thing I love most about songs and music - their ability to connect in a human way.
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Most of my inspiration comes from mistakes, so every time I make a massive mistake, that usually affects me so much that I have to process that via song.
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Our stories are different; our pain is the same.
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I always see the glass half full. I see the beauty in others, and I see the hope for tomorrow. If we don't have hope and faith, we have nothing.
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Horror films are very effective to me; they have an impact on me. I think that real life things scare me a lot more.
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Awkwardness comes from the realization that, when you look around the world, it's difficult to identify anyone who isn't either the victim or the beneficiary of injustice.
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I hate performing on live television. It's so scary, because, if you screw up, you don't really get any retakes. So when I do television shows now, having been on 'Idol' really helps me mentally to just kind of take it all in. So I learned a lot from it.
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It's not even about being negative. It's just being unsettled, unsatisfied, unfinished.
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I cite these events because I think they underline two very disturbing phenomena - the loss of U.S. international credibility, the growing U.S. international isolation.
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Don't punish small businesses with over-regulation.
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I went to church irregularly and was mostly reading comics in the pew.
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I know one gay ex-Mormon who is a talented, self-destructive alcoholic. Whenever he is drunk and going on a tear, we are back to the Mormon Church and his being thrown out of the Mormon Church and growing up with this sense of being evil.
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I'm calling my initiative take the other to lunch. If you are a Republican, you can take a Democrat to lunch or if you're a Democrat, think of it as taking a Republican to lunch because there is no shortage of the other right in your own neighborhood, maybe that person who worships at the mosque or the church or the synagogue down the street or someone from the other side of the abortion conflict - or maybe your brother-in-law who doesn't believe in global warming.
