Elayne Boosler Quotes
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I never really learned photography.
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We have to stop rewarding bad behavior.
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I'm not trying to prove anything for the right or the left. Which gives me freedom to make jokes about either side, too.
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To supply people for ages in camps makes no sense... you have to rebuild that cabana that they rent out to tourists on the weekend. They need help getting their fields repaired and their boats repaired.
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And my mouth is not a sewer, although some people may think it is.
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You learn so much on set; I don't know if you learn as much anywhere else as you do when you're on set, working.
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You only mature when you face problems you can't deal with.
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People think being famous is so glamorous, but half the time you're in a strange hotel room living out of a suitcase.
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Peace is a day-to-day problem, the product of a multitude of events and judgments. Peace is not an 'is,' it is a 'becoming.'
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That balance between involvement and detachment is what novelists do. It's the ideal relationship between a novelist and a character, I think, total involvement and identity and empathy, stopping short of being autobiographical - in my case, anyway - but also quite detached.
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You've got to understand, people are motivated by fun. And they should be.
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As a physician, I know many doctors want to utilize new technology, but they find the cost prohibitive.
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I'm very fortunate. I have a wonderful family, lots of hobbies and athletic pursuits. I always wanted to have a very well-rounded life.
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If I were to explore music, I'd want to just focus on that and make that my priority.
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These days, the scientific community accepts me. But getting to that point was tremendously hard, and I think it required a big perception shift. When people have dedicated their lives to something - and spent eight years in college - they just expect that a kid wouldn't be up to doing it.
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I think that has been a benefit to me because I think most people understand quilts and not a lot of people understand paintings. But yet they're looking at one.
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In the end, abortion is an issue of fundamental human rights. To force women to undergo pregnancy and childbirth against their will is to deprive them of the right to make basic decisions about their lives and well-being, and to give that power to the state.
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The U.S. routinely ranks lower than other countries in health outcomes such as infant mortality.
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They're trying to tell us that we're not right, so we have to buy their products. The number one cause of mental illness is not knowing who you are and you can't know who you are if you don't spend time honoring yourself, and living in the present.
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I like crazy shoes or unusual cowboy boots and I collect big belt buckles.
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I'm always fascinated by the innocence of children and the baggage that we carry as adults which manipulates our decisions.
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A man's foot is wider, so when I would wear men's cleats, my foot would be sliding inside of it, so it's nice to be secure because then your body's not compensating, and you're not getting injuries.
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Die Irreligiösen sind religiöser als sie selbst wissen, und die Religiösen sind's weniger, als sie meinen.
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I think about death. I don't want to die with clothes in the cleaners.
