Quote by Elizabeth Gilbert
I think that people who live in cultures without quite so much pri

I think that people who live in cultures without quite so much privilege, opportunity or grandiosity have a little bit more respect for the workings of destiny, and the limitations that people can find themselves in through no fault of their own. – 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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My career started young and I was really ambitious, and then I had success and I hung out with people who were much older. I think I might have been temporally misplaced, so I thought I was 40. It was a premature midlife crisis. – Elizabeth Gilbert

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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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General Musharraf needs my participation to give credibility to the electoral process, as well as to respect the fundamental right of all those who wish to vote for me. – Benazir Bhutto

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I do get recognized, but I must say Edinburgh is a fantastic city to live if youre well-known. There is an innate respect for privacy in Edinburgh people, and I also think theyre used to seeing me walking around, so I dont think Im a very big deal. – J. K. Rowling

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The more you make fun of yourself and dont try to go for any kind of respect, the more people seem to respect you. – James Van Der Beek

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I actually never knew Peter Green but I do respect his early work very much. – Ken Hensley

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The knowledge of languages was very useful. I have a university degree in foreign languages and literature. – Emma Bonino

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The first thing I do when I start my day is, I get down on my hands and knees and give thanks to God. Whenever I go outside of my house, the first thing I do is stop at the church. – Mark Wahlberg

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