Vicki Baum Quotes
I was growing tired of all the fussing and prevaricating, of the stolen hours and the secret rendez-vous; of the small indignities and broad discomfort that are part and parcel of adultery.
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It is more important to know how to mix and match the clothes than to spend money.
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Nothing reinforces a professional relationship more than enjoying success with someone.
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If you do a Western that's funny, there's no way people don't call it a spoof or a parody, even though it may not be.
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I would love to play a superhero. I sometimes walk around thinking, 'If I were a superhero, what would my superpower be?'
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I hope when I'm dead I'll be considered an icon, though.
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If you write memoir, it can't be about blame or hurt; it has to be creative.
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In order to have a society in which public issues can be openly and vigorously debated, it is not necessary to allow the brutalization of innocent victims.
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Only God singing this song of you... makes true light... somehow possible.
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Conflict, of course, comes about because of the misuse of power and the clash of ideals, not to mention the inflammatory activities of unscrupulous and bigoted leaders. But it also arises, tragically, from an inability to understand and from the powerful emotions which, out of misunderstanding, lead to distrust and fear.
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I hope Dortmund can reach the final of the Champions League again... why not?
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We all have wings, but they have not been of any avail to us and if we could tear them off, we would do so.
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I definitely love T.V.
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Just being out in the world, you see so many things, and every day, you experience so many concepts and different people and their coolness and weirdness. It's a feast of ideas.
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I think there's bipartisan support in the Senate to pass a good reform bill.
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People don't know this, but I'm going through a lot every time I walk on stage, which is part of doing theater. That's why it's so addictive, I must say.
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I don't need success, I just need to be constantly evolving.
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I'm not trying to be someone I'm not.
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We criticize mothers for closeness. We criticize fathers for distance. How many of us have expected less from our fathers and appreciated what they gave us more? How many of us always let them off the hook?
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When I was a kid, we weren't really supposed to listen to secular music. But one day, I found a 'Led Zeppelin IV' cassette tape in the garage, and it was just amazing-sounding music, not like anything I'd heard before. I remember thinking: 'Well, if God created music, why is his music in church not as good as this?'
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Marriage is only good for two things: tax breaks and adultery.
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I never thought of myself as capable of stirring up - generating - the actual drumroll for a record, you know, all the press.
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I was growing tired of all the fussing and prevaricating, of the stolen hours and the secret rendez-vous; of the small indignities and broad discomfort that are part and parcel of adultery.
