Elizabeth Emken Quotes
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Maybe one day music will just be music, and there won't be these categories; it'll just be different shades of music.
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There is no sin except stupidity.
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To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.
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I don't believe that intelligence can be reduced to a number, frankly. But I can see how doing exactly that produces a useful sorting mechanism in our society in order to separate children into categories of promising and doomed. The tests seem arbitrary and without real scientific value and yet have lasting consequences.
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My voice is not good enough for me to sing a song.
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I know that people everywhere listen to hip-hop, but especially being from the South, you really get that influence. You go out, you party, and it's just always there. Also, I grew up listening and loving reggae music, too.
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There are epic downsides to living a somewhat public life. The upshot of that is there's nothing to hide. It's a relief in a way. There's nothing about me that can't be said.
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Writers have to be very careful and discerning because so much of the machine is out of their control.
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English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street.
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I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights.
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The cars haven't advanced that much since we were kids. When you boil it down, it's still a gas combustion engine.
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I never wanted a big wedding. I never wanted to wear a white dress or throw a bouquet.
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E. Klimov's 'Come and See,' about partisans fighting the Germans in Byelorussia, is the greatest anti-war film ever made.
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The extras are a nice bonus feature, but the main incentive is the musical experience.
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To rebuild this country will take a long time but we have the mandate and the people support us.
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Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict.
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Acquaintances we meet, enjoy, and can easily leave behind; but friendship grows deep roots.
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We have witnessed the most educated, successful, and monied professionals in the country put their companies - not to mention their own liberty - at risk by engaging in flagrant and foolhardy illegal conduct.
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The youngest children have a great capacity for empathy and altruism. There's a recent study that shows even 14-month-olds will climb across a bunch of cushions and go across a room to give you a pen if you drop one.
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I always knew I wanted to have children.
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We've got to stop the name-calling and we've got to stop looking at the next election. We've got to be focused on figuring out what we're doing for the next generation.
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We need new energy back in Washington.
