Elizabeth Thornton Quotes

Complete objectivity is not an option. We are all subjective about the way we respond to 'what is,' whether it's the people we encounter, the circumstances in our lives, or ourselves. What we can do is reduce our subjectivity - what I call 'I see, therefore it is.'

Elizabeth Thornton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: January 24, 1940 - July 12, 2010

Topics

PeopleCircumstancesWaySeeRespond

If you're writing, it means getting up and writing all day, and if you're filming, it's getting up and filming all day. I get up, go to my computer, write, turn it off, and go to bed. That is a Clarkson day.

Jeremy Clarkson

DayWritingYouBedGoWrite

When people show loyalty to you, you take care of those who are with you. It's how it goes with everything. If you have a small circle of friends, and one of those friends doesn't stay loyal to you, they don't stay your friend for very long.

John Cena

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Sleeping with your child, wearing your child in a sling as opposed to pushing them around in expensive strollers, those are things that matter biologically and sociologically for the structure of a family.

Mayim Bialik

FamilyChildSleepingMatterThings

You put on eyeliner, and people start screaming at you. How strange, and how marvellous.

Robert Smith

PeopleStartYouStrangeScreaming

Playing show after show is like my bread and butter.

Ani DiFranco

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I categorically resist this idea that films are supposed to be autobiographical and the only stories you tell are about your own life.

Stephen Daldry

LifeYouTellOwnIdeaResist

I take apart restaurant menus everywhere I go. I kind of tick off a lot of chefs in restaurants because I'll say, 'You can keep all of the sauce, keep all of that garbage - just give me that piece of fish. Forget the salad dressing, I don't need all of that extra stuff. Just give it to me straight up, and I'll eat it.'

Montel Williams

MeRestaurantFishYouForgetKind

I'm all about accessing our resources; I'm all about those jobs. But I want to make sure I'm not expensing one for the other.

Lisa Murkowski

WantResourcesSureMakeOurThose

I believe that the greatest gift you can give your family and the world is a healthy you.

Joyce Meyer

FamilyHealthWorldBelieveGift

It is by now beyond question that Elton John is a competent and classy entertainer. Few people who have achieved his popularity have succeeded in maintaining his standards for performance and professionalism.

Jon Landau

PeoplePerformanceProfessionalism

Thatcherism has become bigger than she ever was.

Jonathan Coe

BecomeSheBiggerThanEver

My kids' books all have a darkness to them.

David Small

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