Elayne Boosler Quotes
I know what men want. Men want to be really, really close to someone who will leave them alone.
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California has always led the way on environmental protection and always reaped the benefits, pioneering everything from catalytic convertors on cars to stationary source reduction.
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We're not a nation divided: we're a nation broken, and anything broken can be fixed.
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The humanities need to be defended today against the encroachments of physical science, as they once needed to be against the encroachment of theology.
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I want to make the music that's not there anymore. I'm so passionate about the singing voice... What I'm trying to do actually with my album is show that it's my voice that's leading. It's my voice that's the instrument.
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I go to the gym in the morning to warm up, and then I go to the mountain and train. Then I come home and go to the gym again to recover. But on travel days, you get pretty much no physical exertion.
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This could never be a crime in any society which deems himself enlightened.
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Puberty extends into your twenties, for sure, and some people don't get over that until much later in life. I feel like I'm just starting to get over puberty - basically twenty years of insufferable, totally self-obsessed hell.
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I remember when I first came to Liverpool, Pepe Reina helped with everything, and he made it easy for me. When I was Atletico Madrid captain, I tried to help everyone. These are the basics in football: you need to create an atmosphere and try to create a group of friends. It's not easy, and it doesn't always happen, but you have to try.
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We have the 2004 M1 here for reference, which is useful. It worked well here last year; we won the race and always did fast lap times so it will be interesting to compare it to the new bike and it will help us to understand which parts have improved.
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I went to Australia and did a three day hike with my fiance through the wilderness, which was nice.
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We should not have drug laws or a court system that disproportionately punishes the black community.
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As far as how much you listen to the audience, you listen to them when they really hate something.
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I'm on the front line and I am a rapper.
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Nuclear disarmament is one of the greatest legacies we can pass on to future generations.
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I'm terrible about people wanting to take pictures with me. I'm a giant baby about it. They treat you like a cartoon. There's nothing you can do except make light of it. That's if I'm in the mood – sometimes I get superbummed.
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Americans are xenophobic, they will believe their own people rather than the adversary, even a friendly enemy voice.
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My mom is the most amazing woman ever. She grew up a single mom raising five kids, and she's always told me to follow my dreams. One thing I've learned about her is she sacrificed her whole life for me to focus on my dream, and I cannot wait to do that for my kids.
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Short stories are fiction's R & D department, and failed or less-than-conclusive experiments are not just to be expected but to be hoped for.
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Often, city fathers blamed prostitutes for the disease, and some threatened to brand their cheeks with hot iron if they did not desist from their vices.
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Men and women can never be close. They can hardly speak to one another in the same language. But are compelled, forever, to try, and therefore even in defeat there is no peace.
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We all live in suspense from day to day; in other words, you are the hero of your own story.
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I know what men want. Men want to be really, really close to someone who will leave them alone.
