Katharine Graham Quotes
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I usually get my stuff from people who promised somebody else that they would keep it a secret.
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The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
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I have got to the point in my life when a lot of people I know have died or are dying, so I realise that somewhere outside the pearly gates is a queue, shuffling nearer and nearer to the celestial box office.
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The health industry, the fitness industry, was really starting to pick up. This was around the mid 80's.
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Over the years, with all the experience, I've become more mature about the subjects I pick. I have a better understanding of what works at the box office. Once the story is finalised, I surrender to the director and follow him. After that, my performances speak for themselves.
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The American principles of democracy expresses the deepest values of the Sharia both structurally and in the government... Sharia requires us Muslims anywhere to abide by the law of the land.
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India may be the only country in the world that has been free of anti-Semitic prejudice throughout its history.
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I think my own personal style always ends up seeping into characters that I play. I've always had a very distinct idea of fashion for myself, and what a character should wear.
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We didn't exist. Ronald Reagan didn't say the word 'AIDS' until 1987. I've tried desperately to get a meeting in the White House; Gay Men's Health Crisis is already an established organization. I have a certain presence.
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I never intended for the Sex Pistols to be immeasurably successful.
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Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse had signed a lease on a five-room apartment in a geometric white house on First Avenue when they received word, from a woman named Mrs. Cortez, that a four-room apartment in the Bramford had become available.
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There are some who might say that somebody named Barack Obama can’t be elected senator in the state of Illinois. They’re probably the same folks who said that a guy named Rod Blagojevich couldn’t be elected governor of the state of Illinois.
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Wall Street was an extension of Scarface.
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I've sold my soul to the devil.
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All my favourite pop songs are the most stupid ones, the ones that are the most obvious.
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Dad had a music store, and he'd often bring home comedy albums that I would listen to. I started listening to Bob Newhart and Bill Cosby, and developing taste. They really influenced my style of comedy.
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I've always loved film and wanted to work in film. I just love working and creating new characters, and trying different genres and different things.
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I've always thought photography is not so much of an art form but a way of communicating and passing on information.
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Professionalism in law has brought us the O.J. Simpson case in lieu of justice.
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The modern artist is working with space and time, and expressing his feelings rather than illustrating.
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More than 100 people have been sent to death row who were later exonerated because they weren't guilty or fairly tried. Most criminal defendants do not get adequate representation because there are not enough public defenders to represent them. There is a lot that is wrong.
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My dad signed me up for some acting classes at a place in Honolulu, and there I got to audition for some L.A.-based talent agents. I got a few 'callbacks' and so my mom and I decided to fly to California and check it out!
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Both my parents are artists, so that just makes me look at everything slightly different. I listened to different music; I dressed differently. So I kind of grew up without following the pack.
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If one is rich and one's a woman, one can be quite misunderstood.
