Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Quotes
People are like stained - glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
Quotes to Explore
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Surely the only sound foundation for a civilization is a sound state of mind.
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I don't really know why I care so much. I just have something inside me that tells me that there is a problem, and I have got to do something about it. I think that is what I would call the God in me.
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The problem of the world today is the people talk on and on about democracy, freedom, justice. But I don't give a damn about democracy if I am worried about survival.
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The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
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I'm not interested in what other people are doing. That's their business.
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It wasn't always easy getting up at 5 o'clock in the morning to go to the rink. Sometimes I wanted to just go back to sleep.
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I'm a little bit perverse, and I just hate doing the thing that's the most obvious.
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You can tell the difference between songs that were created in a garage and songs that were created in the studio.
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I like things simple.
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If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.
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As long as people have been making little people, they've wanted to know how not to.
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As many of you know I travel a good bit and do not get to see my friends and family as much as I would like.
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I'm not an agent from any government, even if some of you may not believe it. I'm not. I'm a peacemaker.
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They thought in terms of: whatever you had that started you at the box office, this was it.
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I don't believe any color in particular can bring good luck. I think it's just a coincidence that I was introduced in white costumes. That said, the color is very soothing. So, my house is all white.
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Don't be afraid to convince yourself that your business is incredible, but don't expect others to be convinced without solid data to back it up. Ideas can be a worth a lot, but they are usually not. Execution is everything.
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Social Security is too vital to be lumped into backroom budget talks where the views of ordinary Americans risk going unheard.
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If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.
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A hit film is what we work for as actors, as that goes to show that we have managed to entertain our audiences who shower us with their love and affection throughout the years.
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The Chinese are no slouches when it comes to capitalism.
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These people are amazing. It's so emotional I was thinking about wearing waterproof mascara.
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Even city people have ancestors who had their hands in the dirt.
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I sometimes joke - but the joke is not so wrong - that after my time in East Germany, I could either afford therapy to work through what happened under the Communists or move to New York.
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People are like stained - glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
