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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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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Anybody who plays the stock market not as an insider is like a man buying cows in the moonlight.
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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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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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Fishes do not roar; they cannot express any sound of suffering; and therefore the angler chooses to think they do not suffer, more than it is convenient for him to fancy. Now it is a poor sport that depends for its existence on the want of a voice in the sufferer, and of imagination in the sportsman.
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The value of money is in proportion to the quantity of the necessaries of life which it will purchase.
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The Flower of Old Japan. The Flower above all other flowers, The Flower that never dies; Before whose throne the scented hours Offer their sacrifice; The Flower that here on earth below Reveals the heavenly plan; But only little children know The Flower of Old Japan.
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My wife was delighted with the home I had given her amid the prairies of the far west.
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The woman is the most perfect doll that i have dressed with delight and admiration.
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I was just going at this career - boom, boom, boom! Then all of a sudden, at 38, Oh, my God - I forgot to get married!
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Physical therapy is part of my offseason routine. That has helped me greatly.
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I suppose it's a sentimental thing, but I wouldn't want to do more 'Lewis' than we did 'Morse' because I do still think of it as an offshoot.
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I don't have them down here asking me what my urban agenda is. I don't find them really doing in-depth stories on community-based organizations that have been struggling for a long time and who are out trying to get funds. They aren't interested in those stories.
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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.
