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Elyse Schein

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in New York City, The United States

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Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction, Literature & Fiction

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Elyse Schein is a writer and filmmaker whose short films "Je Vole Le Bonheur" and "Private Dick" have been shown at the Telluride Film Festival and at cinemas in Prague and San Francisco. A graduate of Stony Brook University, she studied film at FAMU, Prague’s Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts. She has also worked as an English teacher, photographer, and translator. Schein lives in Brooklyn.

"Identical Strangers," the nonfiction book she co-wrote with Paula Bernstein, was published by Random House in 2007. ...more

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	Identical Strangers: A Memoir of Twins Separated and Reunited by Elyse Schein (Goodreads Author), Paula Bernstein (Goodreads Author) 3.68 avg rating — 3,982 ratings — published 2007 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jumelles séparées by Elyse Schein (Goodreads Author), Paula Bernstein (Goodreads Author), Brid Kehoe (Translator) 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	A Waggedy Dog Tale by Mojo, the Smartest Dog in the World, With English Translation by Max Farr by Max Farr, Elyse Schein (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Throughout my life, I have always felt torn between my dual contradictory natures. I'm the obedient daughter and devoted friend, but also a self-destructive rebel. I thrive on structure and treasure spontaneity. I am smart, but ignorant. Depressed, but optimistic. Confident but insecure. I have often asked myself which "me" is the true version.”
― Elyse Schein, Identical Strangers: A Memoir of Twins Separated and Reunited

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“I am an insecure egotist. I am better than the world and not worthy of the world all at once.”
― Elyse Schein, Identical Strangers: A Memoir of Twins Separated and Reunited

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“But every conceivable trait we’ve looked at turns up some genetic influence.”
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Elyse’s Quotes

“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: life, regrets

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“We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.”
― Anaïs Nin

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“That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet.”
― Emily Dickinson

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“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter

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