Elizabeth Emken Quotes
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Leaders who master emotions can rob us of our capacities to reason. If their values are out of step with our own, the results can be devastating.
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There's nothing scarier than unlimited choices.
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The fact that we walked away from the Middle East, as distasteful as it was for us to stay involved and prevent wars, based on our long involvement there, we have helped to create and provide a foundation. Obviously for ISIS and also for the absolute barbarianism and human catastrophe that Assad impacted on his people.
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All I ever wanted to be was president of the American League.
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The reason that the all-American boy prefers beauty to brains is that he can see better than he can think.
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I work with the Carl Lewis Foundation focusing on youth from high school down.
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I started playing piano when I was 6, ukulele at 7.
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When you've heard one bagpipe tune, you've heard them both.
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I don't think we can go back to the old days. But I think that what the government needs to do is it needs to make sure that the pricing is fair, that you don't have monopolies out there, so that people don't have a chance to compete fairly.
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I studied writing at university, and I actually majored in screenwriting. Then I went to work as a bookseller and then as a sales rep and publicist and then various editorial jobs until I ended up with HarperCollins in Australia.
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We must have a clear head and a clear-cut stand to confidently boycott those trains of thoughts that attempt to Westernise China, separate China and bring chaos to China.
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You can choose not to sit on the fence. You can choose not to criticise. You must stand as guard at the door of your own mind and choose to be positive.
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What I am really curious about is the visuals of cinema... the form.
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I don't use my body to seduce, no. I just stand there.
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I have a very big family and a lot of friends, and buying presents is one of my favorite things to do.
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I am a very spiritual person and love travelling to religious places. I go to the Golden Temple, Tirupati Balaji and Vaishno Devi every year.
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I am going to be the next Ryan Gosling.
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The principle of Sturgeon's Razor states that the simplest answer to any problem is 90% crap.
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If you can dream it, you can do it.
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I've been very, very lucky in my career, in my life - from day one. When aspiring directors say, 'What's your advice?' first I say, 'Be born the son of a famous director. It's invaluable.'
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I got kicked out of high school, so I couldn't get into very many colleges.
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Before I was physically there in different countries to meet my fans in person, I didn't really realize how famous I was.
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My son is a blessing in every way.
