Elizabeth Wein Quotes
It is possible there are some things you want so badly that you will change your life to make them happen.
Quotes to Explore
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General Giap was one of the most brilliant military strategists of our era, who in Dien Bien Phu was able to place missile launchers in remote, mountainous jungles, something the yankee and European military officers considered impossible.
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It takes a great man to be a good listener.
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Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.
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Have friends. 'Tis a second existence.
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I just want Tina Fey to be my best friend. And Lena Dunham. And Oprah, too.
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There's definitely something transformative about clothes.
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It's funny: when I set out to create the world of 'California,' I didn't give the type of apocalypse much thought... I simply set my two characters, Cal and Frida, in a depleted world and moved through it intuitively.
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How will we defend ourselves if the Patriot Act expires? Well, perhaps we could just rely on the Constitution and demonstrate exactly how traditional judicial warrants can gather all the info we need - and how bulk collection really hasn't worked.
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It's always an inner wish of every actor to reach out to maximum audiences.
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Piety is the most solid goodness, and the vilest of what is evil is vice.
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As far as the UFC, if they offer us a fair deal, then we would be open to fighting in the UFC.
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I think the difficult thing is the transition between TV competition series and going into the actual music industry. There still seems to be a slight disconnect there.
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The offseason is when you try to gain strength. You have 162 games during the year, so you've got to pick and choose the times work out.
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Whether I'm wearing lots of makeup or no makeup, I'm always the same person inside.
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Accuse a person of breaking all Ten Commandments, and you've written the promo blurb for the dust cover of his tell-all memoir.
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For years I've been hearing 20-somethings say they don't expect Social Security to be around when they hit 65. Eventually, I came to realize that they really mean that they just don't expect to be 65. Or 40. Neither did I, when I was 22.
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Before someone can change his ideas, he has to open his heart.
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There are stereotypes that have been out there for a long time that tell girls that their main asset, the main thing that they are valued for, is their appearance and also that it's to the exclusion of anything else.
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I've learned in my life that things change. Seasons changes, times change. We take different jobs. Our children grow. So, we have to study the people in our lives and adapt to them, because when we do that, we get more out of our relationships.
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Focus on impact, not approval. If you believe you can change the world, which I hope you do, do what you believe is right and expect resistance and expect attackers. Keep calm and carry on!
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I believe it's impossible to write good poetry without reading. Reading poetry goes straight to my psyche and makes me want to write. I meet the muse in the poems of others and invite her to my poems. I see over and over again, in different ways, what is possible, how the perimeters of poetry are expanding and making way for new forms.
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When I was nine, I was singing western swing: Roy Rogers and Patsy Cline. It got me noticed because no one my age was doing it, but it made me feel inferior because none of my friends could relate to it.
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Like life, peace begins with women. We are the first to forge lines of alliance and collaboration across conflict divides.
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It is possible there are some things you want so badly that you will change your life to make them happen.
