Eliza Doolittle Quotes
I learnt that if I want to make any difference, or changes to my world, then I've got to be involved. We need passion - that's how things change.
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My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.
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There is one thing women can never take away from men. We die sooner.
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I'm a huge fan of Taio Cruz. I'm really liking what he's doing at the moment. I'd love to do something with him.
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You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.
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If you play good cricket, a lot of bad things get hidden.
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We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others.
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The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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You just have to take control of your own performance.
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I like being unconventional.
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There are epic downsides to living a somewhat public life. The upshot of that is there's nothing to hide. It's a relief in a way. There's nothing about me that can't be said.
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When the 'New York Times' revealed the warrantless surveillance of voice calls, in December 2005, the telephone companies got nervous.
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All novels attempt to cut neural routes through the brain, to convince us that down this road the true future of the novel lies.
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If you're governor of a state, and you have nothing to say when the president attacks the people that you represent, you are complicit.
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I decide my future. I decide what I want to do. Nobody else. If I decide this will be my last year, maybe it is. If I decide it will be my last contract, I decide that. Nobody else. So I will decide when the moment is there.
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I'm like all parents who try to shelter their children.
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Other people pull off amazing festivals and events and things like that. I think ours is a little bit different, and that's what makes us distinct.
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Writing is always a restorative process. It's like paddling a kayak. When you're writing, you can't do anything else. You're in the space you're in. So, in that way, it's enormously centering and restorative.
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Your emotions are exposed when you play golf: humility, pride, anger, it all comes out with each swing. You lay it all on the line.
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Immortal beings have been compared to stars, these are existences that linger on long after the death of the thing itself.
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Journalism was looked upon as a more noble thing than it is now. I don't know if it carries the same cachet that it did then.
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For example, in my district there are visitors from all over the world who are drawn to our beautiful beaches, recreational lakes, habitat wildlife preserves and golf courses.
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My subject matter was a genuine sort of experience that came out of my life, particularly the American world in which I was privileged to be . . . . I would really think of the bakery counters, of the way the counter was lit, where the pies were placed, but I wanted just a piece of the experience. From when I worked in restaurants . . . [it was] always poetic to me.
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I learnt that if I want to make any difference, or changes to my world, then I've got to be involved. We need passion - that's how things change.
