Elizabeth Berg Quotes
In this wide world, I don't think that there's just one person for any of us. I think we look until we find one that feels right, and oftentimes, it works out just fine.
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God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech.
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The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.
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Your body is your temple, it's your home, and you must decorate it.
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If I had the opportunity to buy the latest movie that's out that month and watch it on the comfort of my big screen TV, I would pay for that.
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I am sure that the party system is right and necessary. There must be some scum.
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In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were living way beyond their means.
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The world does not look to us in the Arab world out of a healthy desire for knowledge.
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It will be disastrous when a leader or manager shows up with one attitude one day and treats people with a different attitude the next day.
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I have this theory that people in Hollywood don't read. They read 'Vanity Fair' and then consider themselves terribly well read. I think I can basically write about anybody without getting caught.
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I think I've got some more big plays left in me.
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The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center serves as a poignant reminder of our past and a trusted source of education for schoolchildren, community members, and visitors from across the country.
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Not long ago I made a list of Doc Ford books I would like to do, and I came up with 11 pretty easily. I like to let the characters go their own ways and see what happens. I find them fascinating.
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I have a terrifying long list of fears. Literally everything - diseases, spiders... and people getting tired of me.
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When you make a movie, it's up to so many things and so many people.
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Stand-up comedy is an art form and it dies unless you expand it.
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As a state senator and then a congressman, I've had the privilege of trying to do good things for people to whom I owe so much and can never fully repay.
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It's some weird idea to think that you've always got to say everything is great and perfect.
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Commercials capture your attention, that's all.
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Sleeping with your child, wearing your child in a sling as opposed to pushing them around in expensive strollers, those are things that matter biologically and sociologically for the structure of a family.
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All my life I have placed great store in civility and good manners, practices I find scarce among the often hard-edged, badly socialized scientists with whom I associate. Tone of voice means a great deal to me in the course of debate. I despise the arrogance and doting self-regard so frequently found among the very bright.
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The interesting thing about London is that there are always stylish surprises around every corner.
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I started realizing that music is the one area where I've always let go. When that saxophone goes into my mouth, I get into a space where I never think about the notes I've already played or anticipate the notes ahead.
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This natural beauty-hunger is made manifest … in our magnificent National Parks … Nature's sublime wonderlands, the admiration and joy of the world.
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In this wide world, I don't think that there's just one person for any of us. I think we look until we find one that feels right, and oftentimes, it works out just fine.
