Eleanor Smeal Quotes
She wanted people, especially women, to see these as years that could be creative and productive.
Quotes to Explore
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A thousand years will pass and the guilt of Germany will not be erased.
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Everybody thinks they deserve something.
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We're not ever interested in repeating ourselves or doing what people expect us to do, it's such a turn off.
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Nearly all edible seaweeds - or 'sea vegetables,' as they ought technically to be called - belong to one of three broad groups: green, red and brown algae.
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I want to be able to make people laugh and cry and feel happy or sad and feel all these different emotions through singing and acting. Hopefully throughout my career, I'll get to pursue them.
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I don't know the right way to retire.
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I lead a normal life and I don't assume there is anything I can impart to people. The only reason to write a book would be to make money, and I don't want to do that. To write a book would be going against how I've lived.
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My label in Toronto was 'Stand Pat' and I think that was a fair assessment. I tried to be patient, but if a trade came along - big or small - that I thought should be made, I would make it.
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I have only a few really enviable skills, but packing - condensing just the right amount of stuff into a single bag, whether the trip is for a weekend or, as in this case, seven weeks - is one of them.
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I had been writing songs for other people for a while, and I made a demo and I put it on my Myspace, which Perez Hilton found and blogged about on his site.
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If you want to wear long hair or wear that dress, as long as you're not hurting yourself or anybody else, I say do it. If you want to go out and have a romantic, sexy affair, do it.
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If you're overfishing at the top of the food chain, and acidifying the ocean at the bottom, you're creating a squeeze that could conceivably collapse the whole system.
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You learn stuff from every character you play about the human condition that can be quite enlightening.
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It was just really odd to be in a room with Ian McKellen sharing cucumber sandwiches.
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Rock Hudson wasn't my type. He's a great guy and had a great sense of humor.
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I always wanted to be the person to whom people looked forward to give opportunities. As opposed to always being the person who wants to work with others and who is always the backup: where it's like, 'If nothing works out then OK, let's get this person.'
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To all my people back in Nashville who have been there from the start, you put your faith in me. You were there for the long haul.
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One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
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We need to begin an all-out diplomatic offensive on Darfur in order to prepare the way for a peacekeeping force that can ensure protection for the people of Darfur.
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If you can make people laugh, you know you're getting it right; it's an instant pat on the back.
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In 1940 I came across a record by Jimmy Yancey. I can't say how important that record is. From then on, all I wanted to do was play the blues.
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She wanted people, especially women, to see these as years that could be creative and productive.
