Elizabeth Tan Quotes
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I'm not cool - quite the opposite. I'm a real geek.
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The loss of a child is my greatest nightmare.
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Heaven forbid that we should believe in such a way as not to accept or seek reasons, since we could not even believe if we did not possess rational souls.
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I try to explain to them about the aloha spirit. And it's that spirit that I am absolutely convinced is what America is looking for right now.
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I'm a foodie, I'm always eating, I'm eating right now ...sometimes I get fat around the waist, but I don't care.
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We're going to bake this planet, and be a curse to all species, including our own, if we don't find an alternative to carbon-based fuel. That's the #1 problem.
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Emotion, which is suffering, ceases to be suffering as soon as we form a clear and precise picture of it.
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Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.
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California is like the Mecca of the film industry. Everyone's seen California.
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Every day is a gift -- start unwrapping them.
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We have a model that we're following, and it's the Libya model.
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Some people take certain things and they try to forget what that pain felt like. I don't. I take that same pain and I chase it every time I walk in a weight room.
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A well-functioning democracy has a culture of free speech, not simply legal protection of free speech. It encourages independence of mind. It imparts a willingness to challenge prevailing opinion through both words and deeds. Equally important, it encourages a certain set of attitudes in listeners, one that gives a respectful hearing to those who do not embrace the conventional wisdom. In a culture of free speech, the attitude of listeners is no less important than that of speakers.
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I'm a very spontaneous person, for the bad and the good.
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They looked like two children," she told me. And that thought frightened her, because she'd always felt that only children are capable of everything.
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That's one thing that attracts me to roles the most - how much potential there is for me to learn from it.
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I wouldn't make an anti-American film. I'm one of the most pro-American foreigners I know. I love America and Americans.
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Spontaneous dates are the best.
