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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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Men go into marriage with virtually no expectations whatsoever. Ten years later, the men are delightfully surprised to find out that its actually kind of nice, and the women have sort of had to take a nose dive from what they thought it was going to be. – Elizabeth Gilbert

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Nobody until very recently would have thought that their husband was supposed to be their best friend, confidante, intellectual soul mate, co-parent, inspiration. – 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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We ought to thank God for that. Yes, the man who tills the land is more worthy of respect than any. – Nikolai Gogol

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I respect music, I do. I love it. – Youssou NDour

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I got a lot of things that society had promised would make me whole and fulfilled – all the things that the culture tells you from preschool on will quiet the throbbing anxiety inside you – stature, the respect of colleagues, maybe even a kind of low-grade fame. – Anne Lamott

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