Elizabeth Wein Quotes
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The Palestinian Authority gets money from the American taxpayer.
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Studies by several different researchers have shown that the number of lies we're told each day is anywhere from 20 - 200. To many, that will seem shockingly high. Yet it isn't, in light of humans being ill-suited to detect lies. The average human can detect a lie only 54% of the time.
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There were centuries when civilization had no theater.
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It is true that in France, women put on less things. If they have a necklace, they don't put on earrings; if they have nail polish, they don't put on all their rings and all their bracelets.
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I didn't know what to expect, having not been an artist before. From the outside, you only see romantic snapshots of what seems like a great lifestyle, and it is, but it's also grueling.
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When you're the best, you only want to surround yourself with the best.
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Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible.
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I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin.
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Rather than hearing from the city council president, you'd hear from sources all across the country.
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If we can remain present and deal with the moment in front of us, no matter what our battle, then if we lose, we'll know that ultimately we weren't supposed to win that battle in the first place.
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For a long time, I have waited for the opportunity to fight Mr. Roy Jones. This is my personal goal and dream.
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I would like Modi to become the Prime Minister and expand the Gujarat model of development across the country.
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I'm just a hard worker, and I think that you don't need to have age to be a hard worker.
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We have to lie to ourselves as decathletes and say that we like all ten events.
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They don't pay me enough to take any racial abuse. If you come up to me and say something racially, I'm going to take your head off.
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Dream sleep provides a fascinating neurochemical soothing balm. It is during dream sleep and only during dream sleep when our brain shuts off a stress-related neurochemical called noradrenalin.
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I've always been that person who's struggled to find a swimsuit that I love.
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For most teenage runners, the right foods means a varied diet, decreasing the amount of fat found in the typical American diet and replacing those calories with carbohydrates. Avoid saturated fats, such as those found in fried foods, and eat plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables.
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I have long been interested in landscape history, and when younger and more robust I used to do much tramping of the English landscape in search of ancient field systems, drove roads, indications of prehistoric settlement.
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I've found that motherhood helps you figure out what absolutely needs to be done and what doesn't. You just learn to do everything quicker and quicker - your style and your makeup gets more refined and generally easier.
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I think the best piece of advice that I would give is beauty is really just - I know it sounds cheesy - being true to who you are. Beauty is not something that is acquired necessarily through like makeup or clothing.
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For too long we have been protecting the ones who have hurt us by minimizing our trauma and deprivation. It's time to stop protecting them and start to protect ourselves. We have been told and feel that we are responsible for their emotional well-being. We are not. We are responsible only for ourselves.
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The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question.
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Where I fail in accuracy, I hope I make up for it in plausibility.
