Elizabeth Esty Quotes
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I didn't care what, how much adversity life threw at me. I intended to get to the top.
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I think America has a brilliant future.
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Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting nasty ones.
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The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.
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I always do my interviews face to face.
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To be honest, as an actor, job security is not a trait.
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Europe can be saved.
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One hazard of our job on TV is people are always checking us out and noting every pound we've gained or haven't quite lost.
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The nature of creativity is to make space for things to happen... We can drive it out with our busyness and plans.
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Whenever I read a script, I start recasting the role that I might play. I'm like, 'God, this should be played by Domhnall Gleeson, not me.'
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My heart is in independent film-making. For me, it's where the fun, gritty storytelling is being told.
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When I was a kid, I wanted to be a baseball player.
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I never wanted to be one of those actors with a political agenda.
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Our growing, robust economy is able to provide the average American citizen access to the best social program there is - a steady job.
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What we find is that if you have a goal that is very, very far out, and you approach it in little steps, you start to get there faster. Your mind opens up to the possibilities.
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I always loved art shows at schools. My friends with kids would go, and I would go with them. It's some of my favorite art... It's more about creativity than the grand statement of an agenda.
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I'm a believer in home-made recipes and concoctions, so I stick to natural or herbal products as much as I can. I also meditate regularly to de-stress.
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I'm obsessed with those old romance films. I also would love to venture into the silent film world. I think that's extremely compelling and interesting and really relies on the acting, even more so than when you have an actor speaking.
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Those of us in public office and those of us who aspire to public office have a responsibility to be reasonable, fact-based, in our rhetoric and to not suggest things that are unreasonable, to whip up a lot of emotion in public, which can lead to government overreach, fear, suspicions, and prejudice.
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Seeing a man praying to Allah is enough for some people to assume he is a terrorist.
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People were soon talking only of my bons mots, and they esteemed my wit so highly that the clergy was forced to publish a decree that forbade anyone to believe I was capable of reason, and it expressly commanded everyone of all ranks to believe - no matter how intelligently I might act - that I was guided by instinct.
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If, in 2014, we're still making 'white savior movies,' then it's just lazy and unfortunate. We've grown up as a country, and cinema should be able to reflect what's true. And what's true is that black people are the center of their own lives and should tell their own stories from their own perspectives.
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People from different backgrounds approach a subject in different ways and ask different questions.
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Government ought to make it easy for people to do the right thing.
