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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When you have a movie, you know who they start out as and where they go. But this is constantly changing, and you're growing with the character.
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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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I think it's probably true that creative people are touched by melancholy more than the average person, and to the extent that delving into that shadow world produces good work, I'm all for it. But I think you have to be able to step back from the work, and say, "Look how miserable I felt. Look how beautifully I wrote about it. Now I'm going to get an iced coffee and chat with a friend." Writing should be a way out of despair.
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Maybe all that matters is that they love each other, still, the way people who have known each other will always love each other.
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The very first schoolbook that was written had God all over it.
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When horror films are made in times of political strife, I think they're not made with an instinct to add to the chaos but to bring shape to it.
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I've been reading 'The Sisterhood,' and I love the author Bobbie Houston and what she's about. It's the whole idea of women celebrating each other's wins and journeying through life together.
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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.
