Quote by Elizabeth Gilbert
There are times when the only access I have to the truest person t

There are times when the only access I have to the truest person that I am is when Im alone and trying to solve a sentence. Its exciting, even when its frustrating, even when I cant do it right. – Elizabeth Gilbert

Other quotes by Elizabeth Gilbert

Marriage is not simply a romantic union between two people its also a political and economic contract of the highest order. – Elizabeth Gilbert

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Marriage
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I push every day against forces that say you have to go faster, be more effective, be more productive, you have to constantly outdo yourself, you have to constantly outdo your neighbor – all of the stuff that creates an incredibly productive society, but also a very neurotic one. – Elizabeth Gilbert

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Society
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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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We are the only class in history that has been left to fight its battles alone, unaided by the ruling powers. White labor and the freed black men had their champions, but where are ours? – Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it. – Pericles

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alone

Being solitary is being alone well: being alone luxuriously immersed in doings of your own choice, aware of the fullness of your won presence rather than of the absence of others. Because solitude is an achievement. – Alice Koller

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Research and development needs permanent tax credits to build the technology that spurs our growth. But no government programs alone can get Americas students to study more science and math parents must push and help their children to meet this goal. – Ernest Istook

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Beware of the person of one book. – Thomas Aquinas

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Why do we pay for psychotherapy when massages cost half as much? – Jason Love

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If someone says, hey, you know, this long weekend, let’s go skydiving — I would say, no, are you nuts? I’d just as soon sit down and have a cup of tea. – Rick Mercer

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I find it disturbing that the media keeps referring to my marriage, since I got divorced in 1979. But the media never wants to let me forget. – Bianca Jagger

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Marriage