Elinor Smith Quotes
The day I need a television puppet or clown to tell my children what's right and what's wrong, I'll bow out as a mother.
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We shred every day.
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I've never been a partier.
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Winning is everything in Hollywood.
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I can't keep secrets about myself. I can keep secrets about other people, but if it's about myself, I'm like, 'blah blah blah blah.'
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People sometimes recognize me here, but they are very nice.
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One doesn't have a sense of humor. It has you.
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If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that's a wonderful thing.
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But now that I'm a blonde, guys are so blatant about coming on to me.
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I am sure that the party system is right and necessary. There must be some scum.
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I wanted to be a Teacher with a big T: teach the whole planet. It led me into writing and speaking to large groups.
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I've achieved more than some people do in a lifetime, but it doesn't mean I've done it all.
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I went to a strict elementary school with nuns, and uniforms that I'm pretty sure were made out of sandpaper. It was an academic, sports-oriented place. I liked to read, and wanted to act, and didn't try out for volleyball. I was weird. The other girls would dip my hair in ink and stuff.
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People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage?
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I don't normally vote. I'm lazy and I never bought into the 'Every vote counts.'
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My father became the Mayor of Indian Wells, California, a tony desert enclave of rich, conservative Republicans.
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Sometimes, poor people don't smell too good, so love can have no nose.
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Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
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As a kid, I was obsessed with space. Well, I was obsessed with nuclear science too, to a point, but before that, I was obsessed with space, and I was really excited about, you know, being an astronaut and designing rockets, which was something that was always exciting to me.
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I am interested in all things that celebrate and enhance the female form.
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Only if you bring together the experience of the concrete struggles conducted by the real masses in the three sectors of the world (which are also called the three sectors of world revolution), then you have an overall, correct view of world reality.
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'Some strong-willed children absolutely demand to be spanked, and their wishes should be granted. . . Two or three stinging strokes on the legs or buttocks with a switch are usually sufficient to emphasize the point, 'You must obey me.''
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While domestically the president may be able to somewhat reshape his/her image through defining moments and actions, this is far less feasible internationally.
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That adage about 'Write what you know' is basically the opposite of the way I function. I write about what I'm curious to find out.
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The day I need a television puppet or clown to tell my children what's right and what's wrong, I'll bow out as a mother.
