Elizabeth Scott Quotes
Try to live. Try to be happy. Things end, people leave, and life goes on. You need the bad things to feel the good ones.
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You know, it's a hugely difficult thing to take any work of art or drawing and say 'make that real.'
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Me and my brothers started a musical group early on, and we were playing in places where we really weren't supposed to be.
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I was thinking things had changed: that the next generation of men weren't as institutionally misogynist as the previous were. And then, suddenly, the Internet came along and gave them a platform to voice their feelings anonymously. And boy, did the bile come out.
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Information of fundamental importance to the general problem of atomic structure has resulted from systematic studies of the cosmic radiation carried out by the Wilson cloud-chamber method.
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On banks, I make no apology for attacking spivs and gamblers who did more harm to the British economy than Bob Crow could achieve in his wildest Trotskyite fantasies, while paying themselves outrageous bonuses underwritten by the taxpayer. There is much public anger about banks and it is well deserved.
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You don't have to have a great voice to sing, just a distinctive one. But make sure you say the words clearly and tell a story.
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Risk is to do something that 99 percent of the time would be a failure.
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I might literally fall over dead if I meet Oprah Winfrey. I'm kind of joking, but I'm not confident that wouldn't happen.
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To Americans, English manners are far more frightening than none at all.
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It's no secret that I wear a kippa.
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I am a firm believer that any legitimate government has to be based on rule of law and a recognition that all people are equal under the law.
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Decisions are always made with insufficient information. If you really knew what was going on, the decision would make itself.
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Compassion in the highest degree is the divinest form of religion.
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Sometimes people think I'm gay. A lot of people have asked me if I'm gay. I answer, 'Look, not to my knowledge. But I'm still young, it could be that in the future, I'll find out that I'm gay.'
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Some of these people think the universe is five thousand years old, and they say it with a straight face. If somebody had an explanation saying why they thought the earth was five thousand years old, there's only two possible explanations: you're really stupid, or you're really cynical and trying to get really stupid people's votes.
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I lasted seven years as a journalist, and I've been doing comedy for twenty years.
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Integrity is integrity. I don't push it to the side because I'm talking to Julia Roberts.
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I outline fairly extensively because I'm usually dealing with real events. I don't need to give myself as much information as I used to, but I still like to have two pages of outline for every projected 100 pages of manuscript.
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Well, I think lower taxes and less regulation would actually promote growth.
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Ein Wahn, der mich beglückt,Ist eine Wahrheit werth, die mich zu Boden drückt.
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I don't need to cry so much. I think whatever you let loose with crying, I let loose with singing. I tend to be the one who wants... I'm trying to say this without sounding too touchy-feely. I'm usually the one who's better at comforting the person who's crying, you know?
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I will follow my instincts, be myself for good or ill, and see what will be the upshot. As long as I live, I'll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing. I'll interpret the rocks, learn the language of flood, storm, and the avalanche. I'll acquaint myself with the glaciers and wild gardens, and get as near the heart of the world as I can.
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As long as I can get angry then I play well. If I play well I can beat everybody. I am happy because I am getting angry.
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Try to live. Try to be happy. Things end, people leave, and life goes on. You need the bad things to feel the good ones.
