Elaine Sciolino Quotes
The position of vice president does not exist in France; neither does a role comparable that of the first lady of the United States.
Quotes to Explore
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It is time that scientists and other public intellectuals observed that the contest between faith and reason is zero-sum.
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Love is more than one thing.
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I feel like one thing that a lot of creative people go through is that they feel like they don't have the right to be creative or to put their stuff out there. I'm glad that blogging from a young age kind of got that out of the way for me.
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Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.
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Anybody who plays the stock market not as an insider is like a man buying cows in the moonlight.
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You lay out a plan and - say a three-year plan or a two-year plan - and say, 'This is what we can do. We can do the transportation packages, like the highway bill and the water bill, and we can do some of these other areas - a farm bill - whatever it is, we lay out a schedule, and we put that committee to work to do that.'
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I have always believed that life is too short for rows and disagreements. Even if I think I'm right, I would prefer to apologize and remain friends rather than win and be an enemy.
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The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself.
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I must stick with Chinese language films.
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I work with some of the funniest writers in the country.
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A hard man is good to find.
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We're not earthly beings any more... we're cosmic beings.
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One of the jobs of a manager is to instill confidence, pump confidence into your people. And when you've got somebody who's raring to go and you can smell it and feel it, give 'em that shot.
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A lot of people ask me, 'How did you have the courage to walk up to record labels when you were 12 or 13 and jump right into the music industry?' It's because I knew I could never feel the kind of rejection that I felt in middle school. Because in the music industry, if they're gonna say no to you, at least they're gonna be polite about it.
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There are just so many funny kids and teenagers. They're just not aware of how funny they are.
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Almost everything I do is related to being fat.
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Wherever I go meeting the public... spreading a message of human values, spreading a message of harmony, is the most important thing.
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With acting, I started very young, and I'd performed for a lot of children in boarding schools, late at night after the dormitory lights were out. I'd have a flashlight, and I'd be Count Dracula, or Shakespeare, or Yogi Bear, and leap from bunk to bunk. I loved the laughter; I liked the way it made people feel.
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It's a dream come true for me to be an idol for those kids. One little moment from my life that I spend with that kid, he might remember that for the rest of his life, that he met me that day when he was 10 years old.
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I do think my old fella wasn't much of a... I don't remember him ever being a 'dad' dad. He was too busy working. It was a hard life, man.
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Nothing adds to a person's leisure time like doing things when they are supposed to be done.
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Let your heart guide you...it whispers so listen closely.
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One cannot divine nor forecast the conditions that will make happiness; one only stumbles upon them by chance, in a lucky hour, at the world's end somewhere, and hold fast to the days.
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The position of vice president does not exist in France; neither does a role comparable that of the first lady of the United States.
