Ellen Klages Quotes

Short stories are my favorite art form. A good one is compact and complete, a telling little slice of life, capturing a moment in time that - for the character - defines her, changes her, is the tipping point for all that will follow.

Ellen Klages

Recitation: by Male by Female

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Every day we have plenty of opportunities to get angry, stressed or offended. But what you're doing when you indulge these negative emotions is giving something outside yourself power over your happiness. You can choose to not let little things upset you.

Joel Osteen

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Directors, like actors, get typecast. And because I've had great success with comedy and horror and TV shows, that's basically what I'm kind of offered.

John Landis

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You have to make the most responsible decisions you can with the resources you have.

John Perez

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I don't prejudge issues. I come to every case with an open mind. Every case is new to me.

Sonia Sotomayor

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You don't overturn x-thousand years of patriarchy in a generation.

Mary Beard

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Estimates show that small businesses contribute 60-80 percent of the net new jobs annually.

Mike Simpson

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Hate traps us by binding us too tightly to our adversary.

Milan Kundera

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I don't care what sport you're talking about. What you see with great franchises is structure - a structure that doesn't just take you from year to year, but day to day.

Jason Kidd

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I don't see why I should give my new music to iTunes or anyone else. They won't pay me an advance for it and then they get angry when they can't get it.

Prince

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I definitely take after my dad, looks-wise. But my mum is my greatest inspiration. All the women in my family are amazing. They're hilarious. I love funny people.

Shari Sebbens

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I find it beyond stunning that there is a school of thought or two out there that swears we are into solids and that solids are bad and liquids are good.

Timothy Morton

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More than 60,000 jobs have been lost in the commercial aviation industry in the United States since 1999.

Norm Dicks

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