Elizabeth Lowell Quotes
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When I was six, the Korean War broke out, and all the classrooms were destroyed by war. We studied under the trees or in whatever buildings were left.
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Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
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I don't hurt or want for visibility, but people seem to forget pretty easily.
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If you've followed my career at all, you will know that I perform best in comfortable surroundings. Though other leagues may seem more enticing to other players, it's something I'm just not interested in doing personally.
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People still recognize me all the time on the street. The first thing they say when they stop me is, 'Where have you been?' The second comment they make is always, 'Oh, you've grown up.'
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I know that I am an excellent live performer. I know that I have spent my life paying attention to my art form, developing my art form, worrying about my show and what it is I'm bringing to people, making sure that I give them a fine trade. They get a two-hour show, sometimes a three-hour show, for a decent price.
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You know, I was a community activist, so I'm used to standing out in front of an elected official's office and protesting.
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Those who have heard me speak from time to time know that quite often I cite the observation of that great American author, Mark Twain, who said, history does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.
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Before we had airplanes and astronauts, we really thought that there was an actual place beyond the clouds, somewhere over the rainbow. There was an actual place, and we could go above the clouds and find it there.
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As soon as I began to earn what might be called fairly large sums, I bought a car and began to explore the country around New York.
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Don't feel sorry for me. I've had a great life, great friends.
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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For my own part, I have been wont to converse with poverty; and however disagreeable a companion she may be thought to be by the affluent and luxurious, who were never acquainted with her, I can live happily with her the remainder of my life if I can thereby contribute to the redemption of my country.
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'Blue Plate Special' is the autobiography of my first half-century of life, with food as the subject.
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My goals were last year to win the world champs and this year to win the Olympic Games and I've done that and I couldn't be happier.
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For a while I was suicidal and I tried to kill myself. I think I should have died about four times.
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Care and pity are two different things.
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Puerto Rico is a powerful island.
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If you're preparing a dinner for friends or a holiday dinner, make sure to only prepare recipes you are comfortable with and have cooked before. Cooking for others is not the time to try out a recipe for the first time. You end up spending all your time in the kitchen instead of enjoying your company.
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There was a time when cell animation was poison, but after Family Guy now everyone wants it.
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Charlie Christians' contributions to the electric guitar are as big as Thomas Edisons' contributions to the world.
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I am not doctor who and I can't turn back time. I once said the audience was all punks and little girls, now they are old punks and old little girls. I don't mind the fans being maturer, if there are younger fans that's good too.
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Coming from a small town, I didn't have big dreams. My biggest ambition was to find a job for myself.
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Show me your dreams. Let me make them come true.
