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Being an insomniac only slows me down. I try not to write at night, as I'm concerned that this will affect the quality.


Elliot Perlman

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BERN ELLIOT Because of its strong relationship with some of the carriers, as well as a relationship with Microso...
BERN ELLIOT Where does your security lie? Is God your refuge, your hiding place, your stronghold, your shepherd,...
ELISABETH ELLIOT I thought I was going to be killed. The casualties were so heavy, it was just a given. I learned to ...
ELLIOT RICHARDSON People have moved beyond apathy, beyond skepticism into deep cynicism.
ELLIOT RICHARDSON I've always been so apathetic. I figured, OK, maybe the world is going to fall down around me. N...
CASS ELLIOT I loved raising my kids. I loved the process, the dirt of it, the tears of it, the frustration of it...
JANE ELLIOT The vice president had a bargaining asset, however, that no ordinary person has: He was next in line...
ELLIOT RICHARDSON When I lived in New York, I discovered these Russian & Turkish Baths in East 10th Street. Great ...
BEN ELLIOT I knew Quintessentially was a success when my father, who does a lot of business in Beirut, introduc...
BEN ELLIOT One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lif...
ELISABETH ELLIOT We are women, and my plea is Let me be a woman, holy through and through, asking for nothing but wha...
ELISABETH ELLIOT The question is simply,'Who is your master?'Once that's settled, you ask whether any word have been ...
ELISABETH ELLIOT Jesus never pussyfooted
ELISABETH ELLIOT A man must at times be hard as nails: willing to face up to the truth about himself, and about the w...
ELISABETH ELLIOT Stand true to your calling to be a man. Real women will always be relieved and grateful when men are...
ELISABETH ELLIOT I'm not curing cancer or running a small county. I haven't developed a greener car. I just p...
JANE ELLIOT In media coverage of the war, Afghans are often characterized as corrupt and deceitful. There has ce...
ELLIOT ACKERMAN I really see food as subjective. It's a creative outlet. It's something that you do for fun....
GRAHAM ELLIOT Kids see cooking as a creative outlet now, like soccer and ballet. It gives me hope that things like...
GRAHAM ELLIOT The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.
GEORGE ELLIOT When you're famous, you don't get to meet people because they want you to like them when the present...
CASS ELLIOT They're paying me an outrageous sum of money; $40,000 a week, which is totally silly.
CASS ELLIOT There's so much talk about the drug generation and songs about drugs. That's stupid. They aren't son...
CASS ELLIOT My role in the Mamas and Papas was basically just to sing.
CASS ELLIOT If you truly dig what you are doing, if you lay it out that way, nobody can not respond. That's what...
CASS ELLIOT If you really think you're right, you should tell it.
CASS ELLIOT I've always been so apathetic. I figured, OK, maybe the world is going to fall down around me. Now I...
CASS ELLIOT I was just a bumpkin. Just a country bumpkin. I had just come to New York from Virginia. Or was it B...
CASS ELLIOT How do I tell people who I am? Not being a writer, the only way is to sing songs that reflect my opi...
CASS ELLIOT Honesty is all you need.
CASS ELLIOT He is no fool who gives that which he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. -Jim Elliot.
JIM ELLIOT