Elizabeth Berg Quotes

As a child, I saw my mother prepare for Christmas every year, and it never occurred to me that labor was involved. I thought it was my mother's joy and privilege to hang tinsel on the tree strand by strand, to make sure that every room in the house had a touch of Christmas, down to the Santa-themed rug and hand towels in the bathroom.

Elizabeth Berg

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 2, 1948

Topics

MotherTreeJoyChildMeThought

I'm turned off by the groupie thing. I'm a romantic; I like finding the right woman, and if it works, it works.

Joe Perry

RomanticWomanFindingRightOff

I am just an ordinary person trying to do an ordinary job.

Jeremy Corbyn

JobI AmTryingPersonJustAm

I've never had a roommate, even when I was growing up.

Jennette McCurdy

Growing UpGrowingNeverUpEven

The jambalaya of the American South owes a lot to the cuisines of the islands and western Africa, and it's my favorite of this type of one-pot cookery.

Andrew Zimmern

AmericanAfricaFavoriteOwesType

There is a long and successful tradition of popular movements in the U.S. and elsewhere having an impact on crises in forgotten places.

John Prendergast

ImpactTraditionLongPlacesPopular

My parents had a certain resolve to them that I don't see as so prevalent today. Through good times and bad, they were committed to one another. Their relationship wasn't something to be constantly examined or picked apart.

Steve Carell

GoodTodayRelationshipParentsBad

I do regret, as I described in my book, the time that I shaved off half of my eyebrows thinking that I could draw them in better - and they would grow back anyway.

Molly Ringwald

TimeBookRegretThinkingBetter

I think all great innovations are built on rejections.

Louise Berliawsky Nevelson

GreatThinkBuiltI ThinkRejections

I tend to gravitate toward Proenza Schouler and Alexander Wang. Their designs are accessible and easy.

Liya Kebede

EasyAccessibleDesignsGravitate

The greatest artists know how to entertain, or else nobody would read them.

Deborah Moggach

NobodyKnowGreatestArtistsWould

I've been able to make films over the past 10 years but still maintain my anonymity.

Chris Evans

PastOverYearsAnonymityBeenAble

I wanna work; I love so much making films; I hope I can do one after the other. Being on set is what makes me happy, so... The more I can, the better.

Alice Braga

WorkLoveHopeHappyMeBetter

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