Elizabeth Scott Quotes
I didn't want it to be one good memory that led to a lot of bad ones. I wanted it to stay what it was, one amazing moment, something that was strong and sweet enough to stand on its own. Something I could remember without any pain.
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No, but I'm really lucky, because I'm not the superhero.
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Part of the way the work world works is not so much creating a separation between your work and your free time, but creating the illusion of a separation between your work and your free time. Every day is the weekend for me, which means I'm always busy.
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Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability.
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Ulysses, obviously. It was an elaborate prank, and our supposed intellectual elite continue to fall for it.
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There are some people who leave impressions not so lasting as the imprint of an oar upon the water.
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I don't have a caustic sense of humor. What I find funny, that humor comes from a much gentler place.
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My humour has always come from anger, but I have to make sure I don't just get angry and jump on a soapbox.
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I was born and grew up in Fitzgerald, way down in south Georgia. It was a mill town and my family ran the cotton mill. My grandfather was mayor many times and my family felt deeply rooted to that spot.
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Agatha Christie holds special personal memories for me because my mum, a television producer called Pat Sandys, had been the first person to persaude the Agatha Christie estate to put one of her stories on T.V.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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Emotions should be real; one shouldn't come across as acting.
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Habit is a great deadener.
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Most important thought, if you love someone, tell him or her, for you never know what tomorrow may have in store.
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Until I went to rehab, I didn't understand what it did.
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It's difficult to believe that Al Gore was oblivious to the existing laws. He has to respond at some point.
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You can't totally rebel, otherwise you have to go live on your own, on a desert island. It's as simple as that.
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We don't have to sit by while Trump uses his enormous global platform to undermine our national security. We would love to be able to actually force Twitter's hand to live up to its rules, explicitly forbidding hate speech and encouraging violence.
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Intentions count in your actions.
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A lot of us who grew up in the country, hunting and fishing, being very familiar with the woods and dirt roads, have the skill set you need to fight fire.
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Celebrate your family's bleakest moments and how your relatives overcame them. In doing so, you will encounter darkness, but you'll give your children the confidence that they, too, shall overcome.
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You never know how things are going to go. I think you hope that people are going to dig what you do and that you're going to get the chance to do it on a really comfortable level.
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I am so thrilled about the opportunity to coach the Storm for years to come.
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Characters written in 1990 would be acting like idiots if they were cast into the present. For example, the reader might wonder: Why isn't she texting? Where's her cellphone? Can't she have a simple paternity test? For God's sake, look on the Internet and check him out!
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I didn't want it to be one good memory that led to a lot of bad ones. I wanted it to stay what it was, one amazing moment, something that was strong and sweet enough to stand on its own. Something I could remember without any pain.
