Elizabeth Swados Quotes
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The hatred Muslim extremists feel against the West feeds on certain conflicts in the world.
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Age is just a number. Unless, that is, you live in Hollywood, where there's this notion that if you haven't hit it big by your 20s, you may as well hit the road.
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I was really a charmer; I was the guy who would get to the office, the principal would sit me down and within 10 minutes, we'd be, like, talking about some movies or something.
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Everybody has values. Now, you know it may be formed in a secular setting, it may be formed in an intellectual setting, but everybody comes forward with values.
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Strike the right balance between your outfit and makeup. Make a statement with one, not both.
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We shot 'Telusa Telusa' song in Bolivia. It took us 50 hours to get to the location. We shot in high altitudes, and oxygen cylinders were kept handy.
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I can see through almost any scam, especially one perpetrated by the federal government. I can see through it... they can't pull the wool over my eyes, it's absolutely freakin' impossible to pull the wool over my eyes about the government.
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My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
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Here at this site, Solyndra expects to make enough solar panels each year to generate 500 megawatts of electricity. And over the lifetime of this expanded facility, that could be like replacing as many as eight coal-fired power plants.
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If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail.
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We must come to the point where we realize the concept of race is a false one. There is only one race, the human race.
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My life is studded with a series of coincidences.
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Every European goes on the streets and sees medieval churches. Not if you live in Indianapolis.
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The view of Earth is spectacular.
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I still have the desire to do the job of acting. It's just a matter of whether I'll be allowed to do the job of acting that remains to be seen. There are only so many brick walls that I'm willing to beat my head on.
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I have never seen homosexual chicken or turkey.
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I bat righty.
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Since I was 14, I wanted to make music, but I think I would also have made a good policeman. When I was eight, I wanted to be one so I could tell people off.
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I would sit on the street corners in my hometown of Indianola, Mississippi, and I would play. And, generally, I would start playing gospel songs.
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Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.
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I'm a thigh-meat dude. Thigh is just the best meat - I don't get chicken breast. I think it's a publicity stunt that we've convinced people it's delicious.
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Social business lies in the spectrum of possibility between the traditional, profit-maximizing business, which directs little to no profit to doing good, and the traditional charity, which relies mostly on donations to sustain itself.
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We were the 'chosen people,' chosen to be killed?
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I look at people like musical instruments. I set people to music.
