Elizabeth Samet Quotes

The notion that obedience dehumanizes those who render it is a popular cry of the philosophers of radical individualism, such as Thoreau, who are so important to America's myth of itself.

Elizabeth Samet

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I think being a woman is like being Irish. Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the same.

Iris Murdoch
- Important
- Nice
- Woman
'Never Have Your Dog Stuffed' is really advice to myself, a reminder to myself not to avoid change or uncertainty, but to go with it, to surf into change.

Alan Alda
- Change
- Dog
- Advice
I don't want my poems to be sentimental, though I do acknowledge that sentiment is probably rather under-reported in a lot of people's feelings a lot of the time.

Andrew Motion
- People
- Time
- Feelings
If you are going to think black, think positive about it. Don't think down on it, or think it is something in your way. And this way, when you really do want to stretch out and express how beautiful black is, everybody will hear you.

Leontyne Price
- Beautiful
- Black
- Way
When I can't immediately define the character, and there's an element of mystery to it and still a lot to be explored, that's when I say yes.

Leonardo DiCaprio
The Palestinians are facing a historic junction at which they will have to decide whether they want to remain stuck in a corner of extreme fundamentalism, which will cut them off from the entire world, or whether they are ready to take the necessary steps. My role is to assist in building this process.

Ehud Olmert