Elbert Hubbard Quotes
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Moral authority has been laid to rest, world opinion is no more than a game show and the difference between good and evil is about as relevant as changing channels.
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He said, 'From then on, I realized that I was not just abandoned. I was chosen. I was special.' And I think that's the key to understanding Steve Jobs.
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If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.
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I vehemently deny that I was born a cynic and a pessimist.
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There are hundreds of millions of gun owners in this country, and not one of them will have an accident today. The only misuse of guns comes in environments where there are drugs, alcohol, bad parents, and undisciplined children. Period.
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If you do not love yourself, well, you cannot do anything well, that's my philosophy.
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I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.
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Creative output, you know, is just pain. I'm going to be cliche for a minute and say that great art comes from pain.
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I was slicking my hair back when I was in sixth grade.
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I think love is the through line and it's universal and it doesn't matter what period of time, time or place, or people, that's something we all connect to. That's the thin thread that I think keeps it altogether.
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There were eleven publishers in New York City, and when it was all over, I think it went down to four or five, and then finally just the three of them, the Big Three.
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I try to communicate in a way that allows people in on what's going on. What's better than references to popular culture?
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The one big, humongous, immense thing that we didn't change, that we didn't figure out how to deal with is, if men and women are both going to work throughout their lives, who's going to take care of the kids?
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Outside of a couple of times I ran without eating right or being too tired, I always feel great after I run.
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Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.
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I really like being married. I love my husband.
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I'm always reading several books at the same time, depending on how deeply engrossed in it I am, if it's fiction and if it captures me.
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I always thought moving to New York would mean starting over in theater, because I had great work in Chicago and didn't want to become a waitress here.
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Sexuality, desirability has nothing to do with body type. It has to do with how you feel from within. I was at my fattest best in 'The Dirty Picture,' and I was called the most desirable. So there you go. I am quite well-endowed, so I have no complaints.
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Metaphysical problems about "mind" versus "matter" arise only from epistemological confusions.
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My after forty face felt far more comfortable than anything I lived with previously. Self-confidence was a powerful beauty-potion; I looked better because I felt better. Failure and grief as well as success and love had served me well. Finally, I was tapping into that most hard-won of your dews: wisdom.
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Life is a preparation for the future; and the best preparation for the future is to live as if there were none.
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We have to be role models. We have to be curious. Above all, we have to pay attention and be part of the conversation while our kids are still listening to us.
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If your religion does not change you, then you had better change your religion.
