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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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
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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 heard someone say he [Carl Sandburg] was the kind of writer who had everything to gain and nothing to lose by being translated into another language.
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For most of my life, I, like many Americans, had greeted the idea of an arranged marriage with a mixture of fascination and skepticism.
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I try to be a good representative for country music. But as a country artist, it's important to move the needle and make a difference beyond your core audience. But you can't ever strategically try to accomplish that; then things get weird.
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An Atheist believes that a hospital should be built instead of a church. An atheist believes that deed must be done instead of prayer said. An atheist strives for involvement in life and not escape into death. He wants disease conquered, poverty vanished, war eliminated.
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I would sooner read five lines of the Bible than hear five masses in the "Church".
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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.
