Quote by Elizabeth Gilbert
I think its unfortunate that there exists only one path in America

I think its unfortunate that there exists only one path in America to complete social legitimacy, and that is marriage. I think, for instance, that it would be far easier for Americans to elect a black president or a female president than an unmarried president. – Elizabeth Gilbert

Other quotes by Elizabeth Gilbert

I love my friends and family, but I also love it when they cant find me and I can spend all day reading or walking all alone, in silence, eight thousand miles away from everyone. All alone and unreachable in a foreign country is one my most favorite possible things to be. – Elizabeth Gilbert

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alone
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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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respect
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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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Marriage
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One was never married, and thats his hell another is, and thats his plague. – Robert Burton

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The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public. – George Jessel

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Marriage

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

My second marriage had a lot to do with alcohol. – Mercedes McCambridge

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I admired in others the strength that I lacked myself. – Georg Brandes

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When I write software, I know that it will fail, either due to my own mistake, or due to some other cause. – Wietse Venema

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