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.
Quotes to Explore
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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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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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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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Our stories are different; our pain is the same.
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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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The best holiday I ever had was the first one I went on without my parents, when I was 17.
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For about 125 years, give or take, the Canadian government has acted extremely badly - even in a way which should be called evil - breaking treaties, breaking agreements.
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Never underestimate the intelligence of the audience; make good programmes, and they will come.
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Michael Flynn was forced to resign, we are told, because he told a big lie. But what about the little ones?
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I thought I'd live to a ripe old age, because I always felt there was a lot to do. I had a driven feeling. I always thought in the present.
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I've found that prayers work best when you have big players.
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Listens-To-Wind 'Injun Joe': There is world that should be, and the world that is. We live in one.Ebenezer: And must create the other, if it is ever to be.
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We are unknown to ourselves, we men of knowledge-and with good reason. We have never sought ourselves- how could it happen that we should ever find ourselves?
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I did feel like they were telling me that something like that was going to happen. Not specifically - not that planes were going to be flown into the World Trade Center or anything like that - but in the general sense.
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This is God's work, and God's work will not be frustrated. But there is still much to be done.
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Well, America has been here for years.
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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.
