Eleanor Clift Quotes
Living in the fishbowl is hard enough without worrying about a Secret Service that can't keep mum.
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We'll always be fascinated by people who live above the law.
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It's so hard for me to wrap my head around the concept of truth, I don't even know what people mean by it.
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I've got a 12-year-old grandson who, when he was 3 years old, before he could say many other words, could name the different kinds of dinosaurs.
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Would I describe myself as new Labour? I'm Labour, organised Labour. I think labels have a limited use and that's where you really get into boy stuff sometimes, just sticking on labels.
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Looking out at the ocean, it's easy to feel small - and to imagine all your troubles, suddenly insignificant, slipping away. Earth's seven oceans seem vast and impenetrable, but a closer look tells another story.
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My parents took me to a movie, and I remember wanting to sit apart from them for some reason. I wanted to be a big boy or whatever. I remember looking up on that screen. It was a movie about medieval knights. All I remember is saying, 'I want to do that. I want to make movies.'
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I always felt a little worm inside me: 'Now you need to write a novel with a woman protagonist.'
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Religion has caused more misery to all of mankind in every stage of human history than any other single idea.
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Ultimately, education in its real sense is the pursuit of truth. It is an endless journey through knowledge and enlightenment.
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I'm sure that people who elected me, some of them thought I was gay, some of them thought I wasn't gay, and most of them didn't care.
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We never have business meals at El Bulli. If it's about business, you're probably not paying much attention to the food.
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I feel if I'm healthy and happy, I look good. With a good mixture of fitness and healthy food I always feel great!
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Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.
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I don't want to give any advice to a 19-year-old, because I want a 19-year-old to make mistakes and learn from them. Make mistakes, make mistakes, make mistakes. Just make sure they're your mistakes.
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I feel very much satisfied to play in Baltimore.
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The imperfections in my family made me learn to deal with things on my own and solve problems for myself.
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I thought, I need to reinvent myself. I want every day of life to be wonderful, fascinating, interesting, creative. And what am I gonna do to make that happen?
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The U.N. might not be the most luxurious place to work, but it certainly is one of the most important places in the world.
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If I had to face only the Sermon on the Mount and my own interpretation of it, I should not hesitate to say, 'O yes, I am a Christian.'
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I've dedicated my life to public service, and I feel it's still a noble profession. However, I also understand it's a contact sport.
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I think it's important for service to be a part of your life instead of an option. It's awesome to make it a point to do something that's gonna make the world slightly better than you left it.
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I do think 'Dr. Ken,' at its heart, is about a great doctor who's a bit burned out. But even when I was a burned-out doctor, I was still happy and had a life outside of work.
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I've spent my whole life in Chicago being asked where am I from, so that I have a sense of displacement that also is very psychologically disorienting.
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Living in the fishbowl is hard enough without worrying about a Secret Service that can't keep mum.
