Bess Myerson Quotes
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I would like to be the first ambassador to the United States from the United States.
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Of course, I loved the Spice Girls. I loved Geri and Baby, but who liked Posh Spice? They said I looked like her, and I said: 'That's not cool, that's really mean.'
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You set up the story, but the characters start talking, and they go places that you didn't expect. You have to follow.
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Doing voices in animated movies has been one of my dreams. You get to go and act, and you don't have to put on makeup.
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Anybody who dedicates himself to exploring the human condition, there's always a detached eye that's watching. In any situation, a little part of me is observing it, to see if there are any raw materials to create something else later.
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Outside the walls, among others, is the Soviet Empire. It is malevolent, destructive and expanding. It has swallowed up over half a dozen countries since World War II.
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I am not ashamed of anything - not my past, not my affairs, not my body, and most definitely not my desire.
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For a movie, you have to make sure the lyrics are consistent with the rhythm that is given to you. But, at times, during the song's recording, you find out that your words are not appropriate for the track, and so you have to change them.
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In my life, I've never really listened to when people start forming opinions on how you should be doing things.
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I am in favor of complete freedom of information and of free access to the new communication tools, in particular the Internet.
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I always like teaser trailers because they don't give too much away, you know? They give just a flavor of what the thing is.
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I will stand up for a girl who is being harassed or bullied for choosing to wear revealing clothes. I will stand up for that!
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I have decided that I won't take up assignments that don't interest me.
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If somebody has too much stress about their appearance, they can overcome their inferiority complex through surgery.
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If something is being done on a secret basis in national security, that's a great reason for elected officials to not talk about it. And that's a great way to shirk accountability for it with the public.
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Nelson Mandela was an outstanding leader and a mentor for me. I was in South Africa at the time he was released. I was in South Africa when he was inaugurated as the first president.
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I try and be a little bit chic. I wouldn't wear sweatpants. I wouldn't wear a twinset.
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The reason I got into acting was not to explore myself. I was a reader, I didn't care about acting. I got into it in college, but I had no interest really in that, in getting up in front of anybody.
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There will come a time when the public will tire of me and let me know it. That's when I retire. But so far, I've continued to grow. I keep pushing myself to improve.
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I do not believe in immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman authority behind it.
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One of the things I would like to do is make up stories that I would have enjoyed when I was a kid. So, if I'm thinking about an audience, it's usually a younger version of myself.
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It's a miracle to be an actor and to know that you have a job to go to a year from now is a rare thing, so I think peace of mind and financial stability come with that. Hopefully I'm a little wiser and have a little more perspective in my life than I did then.
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Grief is illness. You cannot breathe; you cannot walk or eat or sleep. The sickness is entire, the body and the spirit.
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The accomplice to the crime of corruption is frequently our own indifference.
