Elizabeth Oakes Smith Quotes
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All my life, the naysayers have told me that I can't win because I'm a progressive... because I'm a woman... even because I'm a lesbian.
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If Mr. Bush and Mr. Forbes don't get most of the votes, they should be arrested for wasting money.
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There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from one dream into another dream.
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It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
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I don't see myself as the king of Bitcoin. I don't want to be the king of Bitcoin.
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When they are assailed by despair, young people should let universal concerns into their lives.
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I've only chosen films that offered me something concrete, even if it is less than what I get to do in the South.
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My uniform is sweatpants, so crusted over with dried paint that they're as hard as a table. I wear T-shirts that are also covered in paint, and Crocs.
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I have had all of the disadvantages required for success.
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If you write memoir, it can't be about blame or hurt; it has to be creative.
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I believe in working with songs that have personal value for me.
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You're not a slave to those test audiences.
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The name Van Halen, the family legacy, is going to go on long after I'm gone.
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I have worked hard to improve my consistency in my driving, irons, short game, and putting.
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After having supplied myself with provisions from Mr. Travis's, I scratched a hole under a pile of fence rails in a field, where I concealed myself for six weeks, never leaving my hiding place but for a few minutes in the dead of night to get water, which was very near.
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Like the wind crying endlessly through the universe, Time carries away the names and the deeds of conquerors and commoners alike. And all that we are, all that remains, is in the memories of those who cared we came this way for a brief moment.
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I'll never have to write my memoirs now after reading this. She had six husbands, at least six lovers - why, my life is so dull compared to hers! I've had one husband, one daughter, one house and no lovers.
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Be strong to hope, O Heart!Though day is bright,The stars can only shineIn the dark night.Be strong, O Heart of mine,Look towards the light!
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We are a possession of the United States. Congress has full authorization power over Puerto Rico.
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History devours, but at times it resurrects. Some lives must wait for history to catch up.
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Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours.
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When I crashed my BMW and managed to walk away pretty much unscathed, it was a turning point. I'd been living the life, and when people see photos of the car wreck, they can't believe I got away with it. It was like a fog had lifted. I stopped drinking a bottle of Tequila before grabbing my car keys. It was time to wise-up and get a haircut.
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While you're meditating, all kinds of thoughts arise... You don't find your thoughts threatening or particularly helpful. They just become the general gossip of your thoughts. This traffic of your thoughts and the verbosity of your mind are simply part of the basic chatter that goes on in the universe. Just let it go through.
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White wing'd angels meet the child On the vestibule of life.
