Charlotte Rae Quotes
People of a certain age still remember me as Edna Garrett. They often want to give me a hug because the character was so warm and nurturing. I don't mind at all. I think it's very nice.
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Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see no remedy but force.
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I try to get in people's heads. My job is to get the ball, so if I'm talking trash to an O-lineman or quarterback or receiver, and they start thinking about me, that's good, because they aren't thinking about the game anymore.
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I think I remember being held by my mum as a baby.
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I do not take steroids. I never have. It's sad to me that people want to point fingers. I don't do that. That's not me. I wouldn't feel like a human being.
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It's actually meditative to sit in a character for an extended period of time, realizing what your relationship is to who you're playing and then letting go, just being there.
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I can remember running around at the age of 3, wanting to play golf, cricket and football. I was always active, one way or another, driving my parents mad.
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Some people are instantly brilliant. The Kenneth Branaghs of this world are ready-formed actors at 23 - he has used his success in lots of different ways - but there are people out there for whom acting is: 'Ooh, I can get on the telly and be famous.'
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I used to sit in front of McDonald's and ask people for dollars to get me a cheeseburger. It was bad.
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When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.
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The human mind, if it is to keep its sanity, must maintain the nicest balance between unity and plurality.
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I want to describe the psychological state of the people in a certain city.
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You know, it's a really adult thing, for some people, to choose to not be with the one that you love.
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I think, with 'Pride,' I always knew that was something amazing because of the people who were in it and the story and the way it was written and who was directing. Anyone in that cast knew it was special.
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I'm being mocked because I don't live up to a socially determined view of what other people think a person should look like.
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Freedom has a price. Most people aren't willing to pay it.
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It's real nice and exciting for me to break the records, but it's more exciting for me to be on a winning team.
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I guess I have sort of an atypical relationship with my mom for someone my age, because I think I started so young with the music thing and I had my parents always on the road with me. So at a time when I think I should have been rebelling, like in high school, they were actually my best friends.
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Asian players train so hard. Most of the time, on Monday mornings, the only people you see on the range are Asians. I mean, only see Asians.
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It may be argued that peoples for whom philosophers legislate are always prosperous.
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He is not valiant that dares die, but he that boldly bears calamity.
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I didn't live at school, I lived where I could and studied what I enjoyed studying. I took what I wanted from that education but was making my first record at the same time. I don't know anyone from school. I was just leading a different life. I was really interested in writing and other things.
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The New Deal began, like the Salvation Army, by promising to save humanity. It ended, again like the Salvation Army, by running flop-houses and disturbing the peace.
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Girls really like for doors to be opened for them. Guys should really remember that.
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People of a certain age still remember me as Edna Garrett. They often want to give me a hug because the character was so warm and nurturing. I don't mind at all. I think it's very nice.
