Beth Grant Quotes
I can remember before 'Rain Man,' I just couldn't get in on anything, any features. After that and it winning the Oscar - the next year, I co-starred in six movies.
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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I sort of write onstage. I'll throw an idea out there, like Home Depot, and just start talking about it.
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Art is subjective. I'm not looking for people's praise.
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Show business is fickle, and though I have been blessed with a healthy career, who knows how long that will last?
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I grew up in Albany Park in Chicago and then went to Lake View High School.
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We cannot therefore say that mental acts contain a cognitive as well as a conative element.
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With any kind of mean girl, or anyone who bullies anyone, there's always a reason for it. There is that sadness in them or insecurity that makes them feel like they need to act out or hurt other people.
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I'm excellent at losing weight, but I've never been excellent at maintenance. I have some better days than others in terms of being hypervigilant, but with maintenance you don't know if you've been good at it until you're done.
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For some reason, Superman seems to be held to higher standards on the subject of secret/super identities than other superheroes. No one ever says, 'Peter Parker was a nerdy kid. He can't possibly be Spider-Man, attract a good-looking gal, work in a newspaper, etc.' And no one gets hung up on whether his nerdiness is a disguise.
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I believe that if you have revolutionary potential, you must make the world a better place and use it.
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I love the Middle East. My earliest childhood memories are of Jerusalem. I love the colors and smells and cadence of Arabic spoken in the streets of Cairo or Beirut. I also love the modernity and verve of Tel Aviv.
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I realize I have strength as an artist and professional by embracing my difference instead of what makes me the same.
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I think, because of the lack of guaranteed contracts in the league, there's hesitancy to speaking your minds at times. But I feel like there could be a movement beginning where guys are feeling a little more comfortable talking about things that are important to them.
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I learned a tremendous amount about dialogue because I suffered as an actor.
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I have had just an excess of energy. That's why I've always been active.
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I'm a little bit of a weirdo - I'm kind of a loner, I didn't go to college, I spend a lot of my time reading. I've been working since I was 17, so that's sort of been my life.
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It's like nothing's really happening. Our culture is almost dead.
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The regulation of medicine has been a State function.
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I think the future also will not belong to those who are cynical or those who stand on the sidelines.
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You can make movies for a select audience, but you have to market it to them.
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All that mankind has ever learned is nothing more than a single grain of sand on a beach that reaches to infinity.
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Particularly for English people, Shakespeare is always at the forefront of both drama and the English language. He's always been there. I can't remember starting school and not learning about him.
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I can remember before 'Rain Man,' I just couldn't get in on anything, any features. After that and it winning the Oscar - the next year, I co-starred in six movies.
