Elinor Lipman Quotes
I was nearly fired from my second job, which was writing press releases for Boston's public television station.
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My activism and sexual revolution in New York was a factor.
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Unfortunately, there is still much to mine in this world and explore creatively.
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You can be an Olympic champion in 9.5 secs, but to be the greatest, there's more to it. It takes a bit of forethought and a lot of mental application.
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I just fell into the job as a fashion editor at a teen magazine. I was there for two years, and I left there as a senior fashion editor at the age of 25.
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The fight against terror cannot stop as long as terrorism itself is not stopped, but the path of war must change: it must lead directly to terrorists and not be waged on the backs of three million Palestinians.
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I will never support any tax increase on middle-income earners, ever... If you're not going to eliminate loopholes and exemptions, then I wouldn't support lowering rates.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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One of the biggest things that happens to many people when they have kids is that you suddenly realize that you're not going to last forever. You know there is another generation who are the heroes of their own stories, and that is humbling.
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You just have to go to bat and take a swing. And if you're not right for a part, or it goes to a British man, they may remember that you showed up, knew your lines and were good. And maybe they'll call you in for something else.
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The lions taught me photography. They taught me patience and the sense of beauty, a beauty that penetrates you.
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Normally I don't watch myself, because I'm not very objective.
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A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.
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Science may be described as the art of systematic over-simplification.
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A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.
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We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study.
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A hard man is good to find.
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What we need is an electronic encyclopedia of life, with one page for each species. On each page is given everything known about that species.
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I was a very rotund child with short hair, and for some reason, I always had black ballet shoes. I was like the Wednesday Addams of ballet.
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To me, writing is remembering something funny that happened, or maybe something I said seven years ago.
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I sometimes try to think of my life as an Iranian, and it is hard to imagine. I am grateful for the life I have had in America and all the amazing opportunities and experiences it has given me. But there is a spirit in Iranians I can see that is unbounded by geography.
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When a man retires and time is no longer a matter of urgent importance, his colleagues generally present him with a watch.
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I came to America to make it my home, and I did.
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Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it.
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I was nearly fired from my second job, which was writing press releases for Boston's public television station.
