Elizabeth Berg Quotes

It feels like my books come true. I write these things, and then they kind of end up happening. I wasn't divorced, for example, when I wrote a book about divorce.

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• When the simple word processors came in, writing became crisper, less dense - just because of the way we could instantly edit on the screen. Now the ability to mash up words and pictures and links and songs and tweets is what matters. I can't imagine what writing will be like in 2154.

  

  Gail Collins
  • Up
  • Writing
  • Words

• A good composer does not imitate; he steals.

  

  Igor Stravinsky
  • Good
  • Composer
  • Imitate

• Capital isn't scarce; vision is.

  

  Sam Walton
  • Vision
  • Capital
  • Scarce

• By and large my relations with the US were good.

  

  Hans Blix
  • Good
  • U.S.
  • Large

• Skepticism is an important historical tool. It is the starting point of all revision of hitherto accepted history.

  

  Samuel E. Morison
  • Important
  • History
  • Tool

• I haven't reported my missing credit card to the police because whoever stole it is spending less than my wife.

  

  Ilie Nastase
  • Wife
  • Missing
  • Police

• We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Children
  • Heart
  • Happiness

• I've tried coconut water straight up before, and to me, it's a little funky.

  

  Yvonne Strahovski
  • Me
  • Water
  • Little

• From my undergraduate days, I've always been interested in the major philosophical questions that don't seem to have an answer that everyone agrees on.

  

  E. L. Doctorow
  • Always
  • Questions
  • Answer

• No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.

  

  Orville Wright
  • Fly
  • New York
  • Paris

• I'm most excited about all of the non-currency uses of the block chain's ledger-ordering ability. I have no idea which ones will turn out to be successful, but I'm glad all of that experimenting is happening.

  

  Gavin Andresen
  • Idea
  • Successful
  • Ability

• Possessions. The very word is potent - suggestive as it is of ownership both material and erotic. To possess. Possession. Possessed.

  

  Hamish Bowles
  • Word
  • Ownership
  • Possessions

• See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

  

  Patricia Clarkson
  • See
  • Surprise
  • Awards

• She told me that she would support me regardless of what I decided, but I'm so glad that I actually got to be a kid before having to grow up. My mom knows best about this kind of thing.

  

  Kaia Gerber
  • Support
  • Mom
  • Kid

• I used to always buy clothes too big, but I should have showed off instead of covering up.

  

  Carey Lowell
  • Up
  • Always
  • Clothes

• While I did not get any formal training in acting, every summer vacation, from the age of five, my father would take me to Ooty with him, and I would do films as a child star. I did over 10 films like that, and it was understood that post finishing my education, I would become an actor.

  

  Mahesh Babu
  • Father
  • Age
  • Education

• You lose the speed before the stamina.

  

  Haile Gebrselassie
  • You
  • Lose
  • Speed

• An awful lot of Republicans, both in Washington and outside Washington, are resigned to leaving Obamacare in effect.

  

  Ted Cruz
  • Leaving
  • Outside
  • Washington

• I love to make even villains people you can relate to. When you find out who did it, I think you almost like the person, which is not easy to do.

  

  Harlan Coben
  • People
  • Think
  • Find

• It seems that we're heading toward the day that films will be released in all platforms simultaneously, albeit with a cost premium to see it at home. But I hope that theater-going doesn't end - I think that watching movies on the big screen with an audience is still the best format and also an important one for society.

  

  Jonathan Mostow
  • Important
  • Home
  • Hope

• I have learned from experience that happiness is an acquired skill. Children are one of the greatest lessons in happiness, constantly challenging us to enjoy the moment, as the next one will not be the same. Gratitude is essential to happiness. Every time our children rush up to us and smile, we have something to be happy about; every time we get out of bed and can take a deep breath and go out for a walk, we have something to be happy about-that is the essence of a happy existence. Happiness is a muscle we must use, or it will wither away.

  

  Marianne Williamson
  • Up
  • Time
  • Children

• The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Stop
  • Government
  • Mystery

• To be honest, I've always been really interested in the role of the host, whether it's our kind of Billy Crystal-style traditional awards show host or when you have someone like Louis C.K. or a more edgy stand-up comedian do their take on a hosting role.

  

  Andy Biersack Black Veil Brides
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  • Style
  • Edgy

• It feels like my books come true. I write these things, and then they kind of end up happening. I wasn't divorced, for example, when I wrote a book about divorce.

  

  Elizabeth Berg
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