Elizabeth Thornton Quotes

When we can see things as they are, without projecting our mental models and fears, we are being objective. When we can understand and consider another person's point of view, we are being objective.

Elizabeth Thornton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I remember my mom saying that when I was little, I had this light that shined really big, and that she'd watched my light become very dark.

Jodie Sweetin

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Republicans should simply focus on first principles and give the American people what they want - an honest party dedicated to common sense, fiscal responsibility and limited government. If we govern to save the country, we'll do well as a party.

Tom Coburn

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The reality of professional skateboarding contests is that they're not relevant in our world.

Rob Dyrdek

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Criticism is, for me, like essay writing, a wonderful way of relaxation; it doesn't require a heightened and mediated voice, like prose fiction, but rather a calm, rational, even conversational voice.

Joyce Carol Oates

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I never really planned on doing a television series.

Judah Friedlander

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I've made a point of not being, say what I refer to as a 'careerist' about anything.

Jon Brion

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I'm alive and I want to keep living.

Diego Maradona

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I think men know to seduce women though words and conversation and nice gestures. That's much sexier than when a man uses muscle.

Donatella Versace

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I have a hard time narrowing things down to ten or 12 songs. If I walk off stage in anything less than two hours, it just feels strange. It feels early.

Chris Cornell

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My wife needs her freedom just like me.

Clive Owen

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A brain hemorrhage puts it all in a deeper perspective. I'm one of those guys hit by lightning. I see the big picture. Everything is in perspective now. Let's just say I'm the kind of guy who knows how to enjoy the moment.

Bret Michaels

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When from our better selves we have too long been parted by the hurrying world, and droop. Sick of its business, of its pleasures tired, how gracious, how benign is solitude.

William Wordsworth

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