Eliza Doolittle Quotes
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Having been governor of New Mexico, I know that legislation gets passed to benefit those who have money and influence. Then they buy more money and influence. That's one reason why, as governor, I vetoed more than 750 bills and thousands of line items. I did it to keep crony capitalism away from government.
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It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
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The problem with pity parties is very few people come, and those who do don't bring presents.
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Democracy is about non-arbitrary decisions. Democracy is about spreading decisions; it is not about destroying processes.
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I'm a lot luckier than most people, although I used to look at it the other way around-that so many people seemed luckier than me.
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Some people have a taboo about doing advertising in the States. You know, where they kind of make their bread and butter. But to me, that's crazy.
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For me, if something fits properly, it makes me feel good.
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I was not very keen on joining the family business... there were 14 family members working together, and it worried me that I would not have enough individuality.
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True success, true happiness lies in freedom and fulfillment.
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Reality-including one’s own-is divine, not to be defied but honored.
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I recall playing practical jokes with John Wayne. I once got a whole bunch of keys and had little tags made that said, 'If lost, please return to John Wayne, RKO Studios. Reward.' And I just dropped them all over town. He got a lot of phone calls, people showing up at the studio. He never learned who did it.
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He that dies in extreme old age will be reduced to the same state with him that is cut down untimely.
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Here sit I, as a little child; The threshold of God's door Is that clear band of chrysoprase; Now the vast temple floor, The blinding glory of the dome I bow my head before. Thy universe, O God, is home, In height or depth, to me; Yet here upon thy footstool green Content am I to be; Glad when is oped unto my need Some sea-like glimpse of Thee.
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I'm big on research.
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The appalling reality in American politics today is that, when ideology and money mix, truth is a mere inconvenience.
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I grew up in Minnesota. Four generations of my father's people are buried there.
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It became really important to me if I was going to write 'Hummingbird's Daughter' to try to do honor to women.
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I have no idea whether I'm any good or not. Still waiting, like most actors, for somebody to find out one day that I can't do it.
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I was the biggest Goldie Hawn fan, my entire life.
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I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants.
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Die Nachfrage des Ökonomen ist nicht die wirkliche Nachfrage, seine Konsumtion ist eine künstliche. Dem Ökonomen ist nur der ein wirklich Fragender, ein wirklicher Konsument, der für das, was er empfängt, ein Äquivalent zu bieten hat.
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A currency designed for long-term storage and investment doesn't do so well at encouraging transactions and exchange in the moment.
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When I don’t touch you it’s a mistake in any life, in each place and forever.
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I don't really go out partying, but I'm definitely a social butterfly.
