Elizabeth Banks Quotes
I can hang with the dudes because I love beef and baseball and driving fast and flirting. I understand where men are coming from, and I'm interested in typically male endeavors. But I can also wear the short skirt and cheerlead.
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Brave men do not gather by thousands to torture and murder a single individual, so gagged and bound he cannot make even feeble resistance or defense.
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John Green was on the set of 'The Fault In Our Stars' the entire time, which is amazing! Wouldn't you want John Green on set the entire time?
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The loss of life will be irreplaceable.
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It is part of my responsibility as a bridge builder to speak the truth about what's great about America, what we've done right, and what our less glorious moments. And many people feel that the Iraq adventure, for example, has been one of our less glorious moments.
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I really love to make sweeping historical gestures that are like little illustrations of novels.
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She knew what all smart women knew: Laughter made you live better and longer.
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As you probably know, I've written a lot about the presidency, so it's obviously exciting when you get to interview a president and write about it.
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You're on earth. There's no cure for that.
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People who matter are most aware that everyone else does too.
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Men are different. When they are in love they may also have other girlfriends.
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Whenever I come across an Arabic word mired in English text, I am momentarily shocked out of the narrative.
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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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The dove act? I'm still working on it. I don't think it's perfect yet. I got my first pair of doves when I was 14 years old. That was the beginning of the formation of that act. So it's been 24 years now that I've been working on it.
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You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer.
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PETA's campaign should be included in school curricula. If we can open children's hearts and minds to animals' needs, teach them to treat a dog or a chicken as if they feel fear and love and pain - as they do - then they will grow up to understand that we are all worthy of respect.
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We owe it to American taxpayers to make sure that contracts intended for small businesses go to small businesses.
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Alfred Nobel stipulated that no distinction of race or colour will determine who received of his generosity.
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So far, Vancouver is my favorite relocation city. It feels like home. Parts of it remind me of the east coast. It's very clean. The food is great. And the people are lovely. Not that I didn't love working in other glamorous locations like Downey, Detroit, Cleveland or Bulgaria... but, damn, it is fun to be Canadian.
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It was my very good fortune to find a mentor, Clay Felker, who started my career at the 'New York Magazine' as a freelance writer when I had to quit my job at the 'Herald Tribune' to stay home with my young daughter.
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Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.
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It was called a tribute before a battle and a ransom afterwards.
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Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.
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Take the happiest man, the one most envied by the world, and in nine cases out of ten his inmost consciousness is one of failure. Either his ideals in the line of his achievements are pitched far higher than the achievements themselves, or else he has secret ideals of which the world knows nothing, and in regard to which he inwardly knows himself to be found wanting.
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I can hang with the dudes because I love beef and baseball and driving fast and flirting. I understand where men are coming from, and I'm interested in typically male endeavors. But I can also wear the short skirt and cheerlead.
