Elayne Boosler Quotes
I've never been married, but I tell people I'm divorced so they won't think something is wrong with me.
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I produce for a low price and I sell it on my own to 80 countries.
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I'm half-black, half-white, so I basically put it like this: I can fit in anywhere. That's why I write so many stories from so many different perspectives, because I've seen so many.
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When I first started out, I was a bad actor.
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Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.
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Marc if you want me to go to the bottom of the pool, I'll go there.
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Generally, I find a lot to be grateful for.
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My brother is really, really slow.
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How hard can it be to walk up and down in a straight line? You just need to put one step in front of another; most people do it all the time. What's the worst that can happen? You fall over. Sometimes that happens to non-models, too; it wouldn't be the end of the world.
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I guess I had fun doing it but it has hard memories for me.
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I am a very active audience member. I want to be moved. I want to be confronted. I want to feel.
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We have learned how to do a lot of things. We must try to relearn why.
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The earth is the very quintessence of the human condition.
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The fear of hell, or aiming to be blest, savors too much of private interest.
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Do you know how many companies have wanted me to do an energy drink for them because I named my book 'Crush It!'? It might be fun one day, but right now I think it would undermine the personal brand I've built.
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I had to read Plato and Kant, and at times I was overwhelmed. But I have always been fearless, and so was Hannah Arendt. She wasn't afraid to speak out when she knew her opinions would not be popular because she believed in the public discourse above all.
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I love to travel. This is the time for me. When will I do it if not now?
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I'm rediscovering Scotland; I'm falling in love with it again.
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If children have an interest in nature, they will understand. I want them to become people who appreciate the consequences the next generation will suffer if we destroy our natural surroundings. So without a doubt, they need to learn that nature is vital to us by experiencing it. I want them to like nature and to climb mountains and so on.
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Musical accidents are a gold mine. The thing about accidental discoveries is they won't be made unless you put yourself in a position to make that discovery. To do that means hundreds of hours, days and weeks where you do things and don't discover anything.
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It wasn't until I got into seventh grade, I think, that I realized that doing plays might be a fun thing, and so I auditioned for the school play - and got in, as it turned out.
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The most amazing thing is when you find yourself watching someone in the cafe or something doing something weird. It's amazing what people do, isn't it, when you just look at them, when you take the time to look.
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I'm very excited to see where the characters and their relationships go. But in the end, it really boils down to the people who have more power than me, who control the money.
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I have begun to listen to the teachings my blood whispers to me.
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I've never been married, but I tell people I'm divorced so they won't think something is wrong with me.
