Elizabeth Scott Quotes
I felt nothing all the time, and it had started to feel normal. It should have scared me, but it didn't.
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In my heart of hearts my motivation would always have been to be the best, and I think that athletics is probably what I was built for.
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What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted.
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The networks are not some chicken-coop manufacturing lobby whose calls nobody returns.
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I've never actually directed anything I haven't made up. I've never adapted anything.
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Perhaps things are not things but words: metaphors, words for other things.
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How long it takes to write a book depends on its length.
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I wanna live 'til I die, no more, no less.
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Trust is the lubrication that makes it possible for organizations to work.
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Remember daydreams? No, of course you don't. How could you? Three new text messages have just arrived, and another three, in a moment, will go out.
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My entry into the environmental arena was through the issue that so dramatically - and destructively - demonstrates the link between science and social action: nuclear weapons.
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I clearly understood the concept of wise use before I ever heard the actual words, for my father wouldn't allow us to waste anything.
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All Americans need a sense of place. That's what makes our physical surroundings worth caring about.
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I had studied at Harvard and MIT astronomy and a lot about the heavens and the star system and so forth.
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When student performance shows increases on test scores, that improvement is not associated with an increase in 'fluid intelligence' - that is, using logical thinking and problem solving in novel situations, rather than recalling previously learned facts and skills.
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There's something extremely bizarre about the way people consume media now.
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Connecting with people is not hard. I love the interaction and the feedback after shows. It does take some time, but the fans appreciate it which makes it worth it.
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Philanthropy is not about giving money but about solving problems. While well-meaning, the idea of writing a check and calling it 'philanthropy' is extremely short-sighted and unfortunately, extremely pervasive.
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I'm not a T.G.I.F. guy. I get off a plane at 2 o'clock in the morning and I'm looking for my secretary because I want to know what's going on.
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Chrysler invented rebates, I'm sorry to say. I didn't have anything to do with that. A lot of flaky deals were made in order to give the customer enough cash for a down payment.
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I don't think that when I'm acting I feel like I lose myself to it, but that sense of losing, that sense of discomfort, well, I guess maybe that comes a bit! It's about redefining what 'uncomfortable' means for you.
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I am really honoured, but if the prize had gone to Mahatma Gandhi before me, I would have been more honoured.
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I like each of my books to be different. Once I've done something I like to move on and push myself to learn new things and expand the limits of poetic form.
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There is a Power around you that knows and that understands all things. This Power works like the soil; it receives the seed of your thought and at once begins to operate upon it. It will receive whatever you give to it and will create for you and throw back at you whatever you think into it.
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I felt nothing all the time, and it had started to feel normal. It should have scared me, but it didn't.
