Marianne Elliott Quotes
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As for lawyers, it's more fun to play one than to be one.
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Most of my friends from college became dental hygienists or went into retail, a lot went into sales. They all started getting married and having kids and buying homes and I was still living like a college student.
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Affirmative action works but we're going to need to muster all our political resources if we are to keep it in place.
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On the last morning of Virginia's bloodiest year since the Civil War, I built a fire and sat facing a window of darkness where at sunrise I knew I would find the sea.
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Eliminating fighting would mean eliminating the jobs of the 'fighters,' meaning these guys would not have NHL careers.
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I loved being in a band.
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Leading by example is the most powerful advice you can give to anybody.
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The first thing I learned about weapons is respect, and that carries into movies as well. If you're on set and you're dealing with weapons, live or not, you respect the weapon; you know how to handle it appropriately.
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It's good to be intuitive.
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I was asked to be in Vogue but I said no. I didn't want to advertise make-up. I didn't want to be seen as a sex symbol.
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Imagination is but another name for super intelligence.
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For everyone of us that succeeds, it's because there's somebody there to show you the way out.
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Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.
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I never personalize anything because I think that can be dangerous. For me, the best way is - this may sound pretentious - but it's to breathe the character and get into the psychology of it.
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Our choice of partners is one of the clearest statements about our choice of values.
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Ridding the world of poverty is, of course, a fantasy.
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I don't take relationships too seriously, but everyone else seems to. And when you get your heart broken, it's like the end of the world. And I look at it as that was one moment in your life, one chapter. That person helped you grow and figure out what kind of person you want to be with in the future.
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I was always a secretary in the early days, before we decided we were brave enough to join Equity and see if this thing has any legs.
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Time, you old gipsy man, / Will you not stay, / Put up your caravan / Just for one day?
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I'm keeping the pixie. I hope I inspire people... it's really cool to have short hair.
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Canada's eminent position today is a tribute to the patience, tolerance, and strength of character of her people, of both French and British strains. For Canada is enriched by the heritage of France as well as of Britain, and Quebec has imparted the vitality and spirit of France itself to Canada. Canada's notable achievement of national unity and progress through accommodation, moderation and forbearance can be studied with profit by her sister nations.
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My mother was told she couldn't go to medical school because she was a woman and a Jew. So she became a teacher in the New York City public school system.
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I've fried my hair off. I've shaved my hair off. I've done it all.
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Some directors have the gift of the gab, but I don't.
