Elizabeth Wein Quotes
And I envied her that she had chosen her work herself and was doing what she wanted to do. I don't suppose I had any idea what I 'wanted' and so I was chosen, not choosing. There's glory and honor in being chosen. But not much room for free will.
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We have to surmount the difficulties that face us and work steadfastly for the happiness and prosperity of our country.
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I have always believed that one should not be scared of losing, I think that really is the key.
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I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.
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Comedy is a great weapon of attack. It's not a great weapon of support.
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Everyone thinks when they start writing that they can't do it. I was lucky. My sister Delia was the most important person in terms of encouraging me.
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In the early '90s, I was hired to write educational dramas about HIV and AIDS in the shantytowns. I did that for two and a half years, and then I was hired on other films. When 'Tsotsi' presented itself, I thought, 'This is not a world I grew up in, but I've spent a great deal of time writing about it and researching it in my past.'
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I feel like I work on scripts for comedy as well as dramatic stuff the same.
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The hour of the liberal interventionists like Hillary Clinton in Libya, like the neocons' hour of power in the GOP, is over.
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The very elements of what constitutes good nursing are as little understood for the well as for the sick. The same laws of health or of nursing, for they are in reality the same, obtain among the well as among the sick.
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Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.
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The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
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The only thing that will be remembered about my enemies after they're dead is the nasty things I've said about them.
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I think sometimes writers can get themselves into trouble trying to exert a totally controlled and super-knowing tone. This kind of knowingness is not the most promising tone to be sustained throughout a novel, to have a young woman who understands everybody and is always reading a room perfectly.
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When the party gives me a responsibility, I must do it with complete dedication. God has given me the ability, which I utilise to its optimum.
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When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
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Metaphysical rebellion is a claim, motivated by the concept of a complete unity, against the suffering of life and death and a protest against the human condition both for its incompleteness, thanks to death, and its wastefulness, thanks to evil.
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I like big, soaring melodies and fun, splashy lyrics. Maybe like what Blondie would do in 2013.
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Some people fast, some people go on a cruise or visit a day spa. I get out in the woods with a rifle or a bow. That's my release.
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When everything is for 'fun' nothing is for the good.
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Maybe I am a little bit guilty of trying to convince myself that I am cool to this point - even today. But I am so much more healthy than I used to be in my twenties, because I was not accepted at all.
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We suffer only until we realize that we can’t know anything.
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I think I survived by running away some. Running away to work.
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'Until Friday Night' is the first book in my new young adult series, 'The Field Party.'
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And I envied her that she had chosen her work herself and was doing what she wanted to do. I don't suppose I had any idea what I 'wanted' and so I was chosen, not choosing. There's glory and honor in being chosen. But not much room for free will.
