Elizabeth Bowen Quotes
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To preserve our sovereign integrity, we must prove to them nobody need tell us how to hold a clean and democratic election.
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Home court changes everything. If you have home court, you're expected to win.
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I was out on the golf course, a guy came riding out in a golf cart and said, Did you know that Elvis died? And I just said, Well, there you go. It was like I had kinda been expecting it.
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Don't try to convince your partner you are right. Instead of trying to win arguments, try to have a winning relationship!
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If Republicans want to be seen as more compassionate, they should continue to stand proudly for the sanctify of life and marriage. And they should do so without apologizing.
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I think there's every reason this 21st century will be much happier.
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Fans tend to get too excited by streaks of either kind and I think the press does too. There should be a happy medium.
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My goal is to always be improving my skills.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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One thing is for sure: a World Cup without me is nothing to watch.
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Our marriage is grounded in the word of God. That's really it. God is the core of our marriage, and the foundation and the blueprint for it is how we live, and being open and honest and communicating, but ultimately doing what pleases God, and not in a selfish manner.
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We believed in our idea - a family park where parents and children could have fun- together.
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Everyone in New York is very self-involved. They're focused on themselves. Like, walking down the street, people are just in their own zone.
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When I was a kid, my parents would play badminton, but I hardly joined them. I'd just pick up their racquets and fiddle around. Check out how the racquet was made... toss it around to see how light it was! At the time, I didn't even know I'd play badminton.
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I will always be open to receive my friends. I will not force myself on them.
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I talk to myself quite a lot, and when things get stressful, I just tell myself to breathe.
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My best advice is to not start in PowerPoint. Presentation tools force you to think through information linearly, and you really need to start by thinking of the whole instead of the individual lines.
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There's a moment of recognition. It's that white-light kind of stuff that just 'works.' I love that. And you know it when it happens, whether it's a movie, music, a building, a book.
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I think I approach pressure by having discipline and learning to be calm in everyday life. I do this with a daily mindfulness practice and commitment.
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One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more.
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There is no power or authority without responsibility, and he who accepts the one cannot escape or evade the other.
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Our wills and fates do so contrary run, That our devices still are overthrown; Our thoughts are ours, their ends none of our own.
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When I look at life I try to be as agnostic and unmetaphysical as possible. So I have to admit that, most probably, we do not have a fate. But I think that's something that draws us to novels - that the characters always have a fate. Even if it's a terrible fate, at least they have one.
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Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.
