Elizabeth Scott Quotes
You tell yourself that you aren't something or that you can't be something, and you know what? It will become true. You have to decide who you are and what you can do and then go after what you want. Because believe me, no one is going to give it to you.Elizabeth Scott
Quotes to Explore
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I loved the world of imagination.
R. A. Salvatore -
We are the only country in the world that has taken people from so many different backgrounds, which is a great achievement by itself, but an even greater achievement is that we have turned all of that variety and diversity into unity.
Lamar Alexander -
Basically, when I went to school in Sri Lanka from age five onward, the classes there were sometimes sorted into a hierarchy of your skin tone. So the fairer-skinned kids sat at the front row, and the darker-skinned kids sat at the back by the poor ones who played out in the street all day long.
M.I.A. -
I grew up poor in India, and there were days when we struggled to find food and other basic necessities. Our mother worked odds and ends jobs to keep the family together and educate us.
Naveen Jain -
I always said when I was younger, I wanted to write film music, and I think that's what my ultimate dream is.
Laura Mvula -
There is always the fear of failure, and if you struggle, you become nervous, and that's when the underdogs have an opportunity to create a surprise.
Ottmar Hitzfeld
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It's interesting because I think class is a heavy, heavy part of 'Moonlight,' and I think, in a certain way, through the sum of all these parts, it's become a commentary on the black experience in America.
Barry Jenkins -
The most precious things in speech are pauses.
Ralph Richardson -
The Taliban is the Muslim version of the Salem witch trials.
Fatema Mernissi -
I was interested in virtual reality for several years even before working at USC, it wasn't an interest that started there at all. In fact, when I started working at USC, I already had prototypes of the Rift that were very similar to the final design.
Palmer Luckey -
When students have thanked me in the past for being their teacher, I have always felt that it was actually my love for the art of teaching they were speaking to.
Taylor Mali -
It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of your life.
Randall Jarrell
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As a writer, I've always felt it's my job to be extremely careful when writing about victims, especially women.
Karin Slaughter -
I guess I'm a bit of a romantic.
Felicity Jones -
I refuse to believe that trading recipes is silly. Tuna Fish casserole is at least as real as corporate stock.
Barbara Grizzuti Harrison -
The thing that grounds you, and the thing that really gives you a sense of wholeness, is your family, friends and your community. Those are the things that can mirror back to you what you're experiencing, and can affirm to you that the stories you are telling are true.
Dan Chaon -
I had a calling to become what I became - I was created to do this.
La Monte Young -
And who is any of us, that without starvation he can go through the kingdoms of starvation?
Haniel Long
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If we men married the women we deserved, we should have a very bad time of it.
Oscar Wilde -
Maybe it's a tired tale, but without an education, you're not going to go anywhere.
H. G. Bissinger -
Ambition may be defined as the willingness to receive any number of hits on the nose.
Wilfred Owen -
I smoke a little pot, every day, and I'm healthy as can be.
Tommy Chong -
My fans want me to talk to them. And even if they want to be critical, I want to hear what they've got to say.
Patricia Cornwell -
You tell yourself that you aren't something or that you can't be something, and you know what? It will become true. You have to decide who you are and what you can do and then go after what you want. Because believe me, no one is going to give it to you.
Elizabeth Scott