Elena Roger Quotes
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If the conditions were right there could be great acceptance. Often it is only when they pose an economic or political threat that it turns really ugly.
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Throughout my Enterprise career, I have been primarily operationally focused.
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I love when you aren't accountable to anybody or anything, and you can just be wherever you are.
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For me, it's actually really hard to write about my real experience. Like to do a Taylor Swift. You know what I mean? It's so brave to actually write about things that happened and things you wanna get off your chest, but I'm not really there yet.
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I don't know what I'm meant to do. I'm not important, am I? I'm not doing anything that makes a difference.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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I remember one day sitting at the pool and suddenly the tears were streaming down my cheeks. Why was I so unhappy? I had success. I had security. But it wasn't enough. I was exploding inside.
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I'm a reader of Chinese literature, I like their films, but also: I've had great difficulty getting my work published in China; very little of it has been published there. The first two attempts to have all of my work published, for instance, were refused without any reason ever being given.
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My mother was the president of the PTA at every school I attended.
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We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends.
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People are not happy with women in actual power, yet we seem to be happy to take women on as figureheads, objects, like queens. It's a powerful yet politically powerless role.
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I like dark subject matter. I'm not sure what that means about me!
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Both my wife and I went to Harvard, and it's incredibly exciting that our son and daughter are going there and have the chance to experience it. There are many awesome opportunities at Harvard. That's one of its greatest frustrations - not having enough time to take the classes you want to take.
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We create success or failure on the course primarily by our thoughts.
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I always like to have flowers on the table. I think they make it look special.
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I like to show that I'm real.
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Fabo is a real rock star, but people look over it, so I'll try to bring it to the light if I can.
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As someone from a developing country, I have a problem with rich countries thinking they can tell us anything, simply because they are giving money.
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My first job was as a waitress, and I waitressed for a long, long time. I was a very bad waitress. I didn't care if people had ketchup or if they were allergic to fish. It really didn't bother me either way. I didn't care. I was bad, but it was a good way to make money. And it's a fun job if you are working with fun people.
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I'm overall a big fan of President Obama.
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We are fast moving toward an aristocracy of health.
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Aaron Sorkin is why people hate liberals. He's a smug, condescending know-it-all who isn't as smart as he thinks he is.
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I do hate the City of London! It is the only thing which ever comes between us.
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I hate, hate Times Square!