Kathleen Turner Quotes
I would certainly choose my jobs depending on the actions of the character. I won't do anything that has to do with child abuse or women's abuse.
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Comfort and luxury are usually the chief requirements of life for your ego - its top priorities tend to be accumulations, achievements, and the approval of others.
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I want to continue to be me and share with people.
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I live on the same street as my family, actually. I live across the road. I'm a real family person!
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As a black actress you've got to work doubly hard. But it doesn't ever get me to the point where I give up on myself. It just motivates me to be more prepared, focus and disciplined. That's why I care so much about doing black films and making sure that we represent and are represented correctly.
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I have great respect for children. And I have great respect for their ability as writers.
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Conformity is dangerous.
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I don't Twitter, although sometimes I think that I should.
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Acting is exciting. It is different every time you do it.
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History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth.
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Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
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Advertising is the price companies pay for being unoriginal.
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You read a million scripts during pilot season, and most of them are not very good, so the good ones really shine.
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The thing is, it's not good anyway for eight-year-olds to be out there playing tennis tournaments so soon in their lives. But when I did get to play in a tournament, when I was nine, I was overjoyed.
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We have a great country, we are a great nation - let us trust in it.
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Let the people on both sides keep their self-possession, and just as other clouds have cleared away in due time, so will this, and this great nation shall continue to prosper as before.
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We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within.
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All the best parts of art come from pain turned to celebration.
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If the blood humor is too strong and robust, calm it with balance and harmony.
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I had a lot of growing up to do. A lot of times, I learned the hard way.
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I have to admit, like so many women, I always knew there was a chance. But like so many women, I never thought it would be me. I never thought I'd hear those devastating words: 'You have breast cancer.'
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Love is a virtue and not a feeling. It is fed and fired by God- not by the favorable response of the beloved. Even when it doesn't seem to make a dime's worth of difference to the ones on whom it is lavished, it is still the most prized of all virtues because it is at the heart of the very character of God.
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Working as a musician, I have to constantly generate new material, so school keeps me sharp. Reading and writing all the time helps me to be a better songwriter.
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The hiatus you spoke about happened in 1998. I was somewhat numb from being out on the road every night. I had to stop because I was emotionally and physically drained.
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I would certainly choose my jobs depending on the actions of the character. I won't do anything that has to do with child abuse or women's abuse.
