Elizabeth Lowell Quotes
If I didn’t have a ship to go after you, I’d buy one and chase you until I caught you.
Quotes to Explore
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We are increasingly open to understanding how we are all connected and that if we sink the ship that we are all on, we all drown. However, we have simultaneously become so focused on our own life experiences that we think we are alone.
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I have vertigo. Vertigo makes it feel like the floor is pitching up and down. Things seem to be spinning. It's like standing on the deck of a ship in really high seas.
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No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned... a man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.
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Seven million ship cargo containers come into the United States every year. Five to seven percent only are inspected - five to seven percent.
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When I was writing 'The Windup Girl' and 'Ship Breaker,' I was writing those simultaneously, so I was an unpublished writer, not really having that full sense that these books would go out in the world, that they would be successful, that there would be an audience and that there would be fans of those stories.
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What could a smartphone do for me that would make people go out and buy another one?
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'The Last Ship,' which is a beautifully written piece, is about a love triangle and young men working in a shipyard. Audiences may prefer to see a show that allows them to forget about their worries for an evening.
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I've always fantasized about being on TV. And I was. Then I fantasized about being in the movies. What could be better than captain of a space ship? I get to ride horses, shoot guns, have adventures.
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I tried out for my basketball team every year and I never made it. You had to buy the shoes before you knew if you were on the team because it took a few weeks for them to ship. I bought the shoes every year, never once made the team, had a ton of high school basketball shoes.
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Let's be realistic, how many people are buying a $2,000 skirt? I love to design things that people can actually buy. I'm staggered by what a boot costs today.
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I think I'm gonna attach myself to the sinking ship that is book publishing.
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I chase after inspiring stories.
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Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.
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I've made movies that cost less than one car chase.
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I've had lots of things that didn't work out, like TV shows. You learn a lot through mistakes - I learned that you have to be the captain of your ship. Actually, I own my ship.
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Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at any moment.
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Buy land, they're not making it anymore.
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I like a brother that cuts to the chase.
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In any war, there is a concealment of certain kinds of setbacks because it's propaganda for the enemy.
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It is the poor man who'll ever count his flock.
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I know how bad Albany is. I know it better than most. I understand why people are angry. I'm angry. The question is going to be, how do you change Albany, what is the plan for change, and then how do you actually get it done?
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For me, when I get to the venue and have the people and the audience, my performance boosts up. I skate at a much higher level. I'm one of those people that feel like I can feed off the energy and be better. I love to perform.
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If I didn’t have a ship to go after you, I’d buy one and chase you until I caught you.
