Quote by Elizabeth Gilbert
Its not an accident that both my sister and I are writers. Our par

Its not an accident that both my sister and I are writers. Our parents created an accidental Petri dish. My family has great storytellers, and I grew up in a very funny, conversational house and didnt have television. This small family farm was a bubble world that didnt have much to do with reality. – Elizabeth Gilbert

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And we have a little herb garden, which survived the winter thanks to global warming. It makes me feel like a cool, old Italian housewife, that I kept my rosemary alive outside all winter. – Elizabeth Gilbert

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What I think is amazing is not that 85% of people who get married under the age of 25 get divorced, its that 15% of them stay together. How did they manage to pull that off? You almost cant wait too long. Its the single simplest measure to predict divorce. – Elizabeth Gilbert

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When somebody has an enormous success in this culture, people start asking two questions, which are What are you doing now? and How are you going to beat that? And I have to say, I love the assumption that your intention is to beat yourself constantly – that youre in battle against yourself. – Elizabeth Gilbert

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How do you rebel in a family of rebels? – Nicolas Cage

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The practice of patience toward one another, the overlooking of one anothers defects, and the bearing of one anothers burdens is the most elementary condition of all human and social activity in the family, in the professions, and in society. – Lawrence G. Lovasik

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Theres no road map on how to raise a family: its always an enormous negotiation. – Meryl Streep

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My family really does come first. It always did and always will. – Meryl Streep

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When you forgive, you in no way change the past – but you sure do change the future. – Bernard Meltzer

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Whether in success or in failure, Im proud of every single movie Ive ever directed. – Steven Spielberg

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