Elisabeth Shue Quotes
As the only girl growing up among three brothers, I was always afraid of being excluded. If there was a game to be played, a sport to be learned, a competition to join, I was on my feet and ready. I didn't spend much time alone for fear that I'd miss out.
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I started auditioning but at times would feel depressed, as I would get shortlisted but never received the final call. Only when the commercials were released would I come to know that I was not selected.
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Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.
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A rap dude has his rap persona, his hyper version of himself. Do you know Method Man's real name? Or Elton John, Marylin Monroe? You make up this character. That's kind of what we have done with Die Antwoord, playing with characters.
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I suppose I often think of my writing as quite impersonal. But it turned out, when my father died, writing was exactly what I wanted to do.
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Adding 'just kidding' doesn't make it okay to insult the Principal.
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The horror genre is not my favorite. I think it's fun, there's a great place for it and I get a kick out of it, but some stuff I'm too old for. You can't just take 10 guys and stick them in a cabin and off them one at a time - I'm not vested.
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Writers have to be very careful and discerning because so much of the machine is out of their control.
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Only then, approaching my fortieth birthday, I made philosophy my life's work.
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The secret to everything for me is doing yoga every day. It does do nice things for your body, but it also kind of calms you down and chills you out. Other than that, I don't really drink alcohol and I always take my makeup off at night!
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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I have never found, in a long experience of politics, that criticism is ever inhibited by ignorance.
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You have good days, you have bad days. But the main thing is to grow mentally.
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Actively deciding to give to causes that move you deeply is far more fulfilling than the momentary gratification derived from signing a check and mailing it to a nonprofit about which you know little more than what's on the brochure they sent you.
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I don't like the mentality that comes with rich Russian men. Because they have money, they think they can buy a woman - and they do.
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The Ecuadorean and Latin American press is not like the European or North American press, which has some professional ethics. They are used to being above the law, to blackmail, to extort.
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I never met a poor person who wanted to soak the rich; they want to get rich.
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I never really ate that bad, I just ate too much. It wasn't like I had to switch to whole wheat bread or something like that. I really just had to eat less of what I was eating, and I had to exercise more.
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When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes.
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In terms of human lives lost, it is the tragedy of the decade for Mexico. It's a very serious situation for the country.
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THIS Duty implies that we should affectionately interest ourselves in whatever concerns the Honour, the Fame and Security of our Sovereign and his Government.
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We will have to learn to lead people rather then to contain them.
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Our poker table is eight guys, and then I'm the ninth; I'm usually the only girl at the table.
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Don't spend so much time trying to choose the perfect opportunity, that you miss the right opportunity.
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As the only girl growing up among three brothers, I was always afraid of being excluded. If there was a game to be played, a sport to be learned, a competition to join, I was on my feet and ready. I didn't spend much time alone for fear that I'd miss out.
