Ellen Wittlinger Quotes
When people say they love you, you just have to decide to believe them, because you'll never know for sure.
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Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so we could discover them!
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I don't want to be the policeman of Lebanon. It's not the business of Israel. Israel was not created to serve as a policeman of the region.
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To transform yourself is to transform your destiny.
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Where radio is different than fiction is that even mediocre fiction needs purpose, a driving question.
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'OLTL' has now allowed me to sing through the character as Blair. If you've followed my 20-some-odd-year career, you know I am a singer.
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To do more of a concert thing, it takes so much preparation. You don't just show up and wing it. You're putting countless hours in the studio, not just to write and produce stuff, but to come up with edits and special things for the show.
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I'm the youngest of five – three girls and two boys. There was one record player for the seven of us. It was good for me, because I got to hear everyone else's music.
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A Libertarian society of unfettered individualism spreads its benefits to virtually everyone - not just those who have the resources to seize political power.
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You can never get enough of what you don't want.
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Often something more simple would be better. Sometimes I put things together - a shirt, a sweater, a jacket - and it's too complicated. I would have worn only a v-neck sweater, it would have been better. It's not the clothes but it's how you wear them sometimes.
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A discontented young fellow, filled with self pride; he certainly should have considered it an honor to be sent on so respectable an embassy as he was.
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My own conviction is, confirmed by a very close study of parochial registers, that some of the very best blood in England is to be found among the tradesmen of our county towns.
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I did some acting in high school, I knew I really liked it.
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I like Louis C.K., Chris Rock. Old schools like Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy.
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The trick to being a novelist is to act like an iceberg. Make it seem as if you're displaying only one-tenth of what you know, and the other nine-tenths isn't visible and never mind if that part is pure styrofoam!
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When I appear onstage, that's my departure from Momhood - and I transform into Natalie MacMaster: the entertainer, the fiddler, the performer.
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I hate cardio; I hate to go for a run. I hate physical things. But Jiu Jitsu is fun because its self-defence and you get some good cardio.
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I'm always surprised when large numbers of people buy my books.
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William James used to preach the 'will-to-believe.' For my part, I should wish to preach the 'will-to-doubt.' None of our beliefs are quite true; all at least have a penumbra of vagueness and error. What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.
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I get bored if I do the same thing. The only constant that I have in my life is that I start whatever I do with my Total Gym, because I believe it helps keep me from getting injured.
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When someone gives me three reasons instead of one, I'm inclined not to believe any of them.
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I believe that we cannot live better than in seeking to become better, nor more agreeably than having a clear conscience.
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You and I, travel to the beat of a different drum, can't you tell by the way I run, every time you make eyes at me.
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When people say they love you, you just have to decide to believe them, because you'll never know for sure.
