Kathleen Turner Quotes
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Novel writing is far and away the most exhausting work I know.
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I think all politicians lie.
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There can be no great courage where there is no confidence or assurance, and half the battle is in the conviction that we can do what we undertake.
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I breathe martial arts every day of my life.
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One of the banners I would put up in front of any American president and new administration is 'Do not overreact to your predecessors' policies.'
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For any actor - not just talking about myself - but if you've been fortunate enough to work for a long period of time, there's going to be different choices you're going to make.
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We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution.
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I prefer to believe it's my responsibility if a film of mine works or doesn't work.
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If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons.
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We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.
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As the platform and protocol become more ingrained in society, get built into products and services, and basically become more of the mesh of society, just like the Internet, companies and people will need to own Bitcoin to play on its rails.
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Without a doubt, I'd love to do Broadway. I actually can't wait to get back to musical theater.
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Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that.
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The dove act? I'm still working on it. I don't think it's perfect yet. I got my first pair of doves when I was 14 years old. That was the beginning of the formation of that act. So it's been 24 years now that I've been working on it.
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Museums are western inventions where the rich and the powerful or the government and the state tend to exhibit the signs and symbol and images of their culture.
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It takes a lot of dedication to quit smoking, and whether you give up for good on your first try or have to give it a couple of tries - just keep swinging at it and you will succeed.
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The tale of 'Point Break' is about doing what you love and committing to what you love. It's relevant to me as a Venezuelan, to you as an American, to any Chinese person watching the film.
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If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness.
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The wit knows that his place is at the tail of a procession.
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A person who has been punished is not less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.
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It's not unusual for socio-economic, even racial or ethnic, groups to cluster.
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Nature is in austere mood, even terrifying, withal majestically beautiful.
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If we have a situation where a man is particularly graceful in a sport that rewards grace - say, for example, figure skating - why is it that we don't say to the man, 'Well, you're too feminine to compete?'... I don't understand why we don't find it offensive also to say to a women who's very strong, 'You're too masculine to compete.'
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Women are responsible for creating their own roles.
