Betty Smith Quotes

She had had the pain; it had been like being boiled alive in scalding oil and not being able to die to get free of it

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• When 'Mulholland Dr.' was voted the Best Film of the Decade, that was very meaningful for me. That film opened up incredible doors for me, and I believe that that was the reason I was given opportunities to play all kinds of characters.

  

  Laura Harring
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• Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.

  

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• If the script's good, everything you need is in there. I just try and feel it, and do it honestly. I also don't learn things for auditions, because I feel like it's just a test of memorizing rather than being real. Maybe every other actor would think that was terrible, I don't know. But it seems to have worked for me, so far.

  

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• God is of no importance unless He is of supreme importance.

  

  Abraham Joshua Heschel
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• Never above you. Never below you. Always beside you.

  

  Walter Winchell
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  • Relationship
  • Always

• Government can supply bread, but it can't mend a broken spirit.

  

  Rand Paul
  • Government
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• I think every age has a medium that talks to it more eloquently than the others. In the 19th century it was symphonic music and the novel. For various technical and artistic reasons, film became that eloquent medium for the 20th century.

  

  Walter Murch
  • Music
  • Age
  • Think

• I'm more of a tough girl, and I'm attracted to things that reflect that in my perfumes. That means sandalwood, musk, amber, and vanilla notes.

  

  Kat Graham
  • Girl
  • Tough
  • Reflect

• Singing is my passion, my first love and the secret of my energy. Music to me is like finding my inner self, my soul. It gives me a great joy to see audiences enjoying with me. I have given my heart to singing. When I sing, I can feel romance in everything around me.

  

  Kailash Kher
  • Energy
  • Passion
  • Secret

• I'm antisocial - there's no question about it.

  

  Barney Frank
  • Question
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• I am very happy and honored to be part of the Sony ATV family.

  

  Maluma
  • Happy
  • Honor
  • Sony

• With my ministry of light, part of what I do is work on the California Alliance For Arts Education.

  

  Sally Kirkland
  • Work
  • Education
  • Light

• It's like with feminism. We talk a lot about feminism meaning complete freedom, and for some people, that means, like, 'Free the nipple!' But there's another end of the feminist spectrum, and that's where people like me are.

  

  Yuna
  • People
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• Just because you're a star on television doesn't mean that you can be a music phenomenon or an artist. You have to have the material to back it, and it's all about hit songs. I can name you every 'Idol' winner and why they didn't go on to have success - their songs. The ones who have - their songs.

  

  Kara DioGuardi
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  • Why
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• I got the idea that to write books would be the best way to spend a life. I never thought of anything else that seemed like half as much fun, although in my next life I would like to be an architect, too, so I can have an easier time restoring houses.

  

  Frances Mayes
  • Life
  • Time
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• I am an atheist, and if an atheist and a pope think the same things, there must be something true. It's that simple!

  

  Oriana Fallaci
  • True
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  • Pope

• People have to start realizing that money is just a fiction, an idea.

  

  Cameron Winklevoss
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  • Money
  • Start

• Wives are around a lot longer than your sporting years.

  

  Bradley Wiggins

• The United States was the first country to recognize Israel in 1948, minutes after its declaration of independence, and the deep bonds of friendship between the U.S. and Israel remain as strong and unshakeable as ever.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Country
  • Strong
  • Deep

• I'm shy, although I'm not shy with my friends and family.

  

  Janet Jackson
  • Family
  • Friends
  • Shy

• I kept extensions in until I finished high school. Although, once I got to college, that's when it all started to shift. I think it was just growing up and moving to New York, where I saw so many different people, vibes, and looks, and everyone really owned it. That led me to feel more free, take more risks, and go back into my natural hair.

  

  Jillian Hervey
  • People
  • Up
  • Different

• She was a girl and she was a queen and back in the mists she was a woman who had seized the moon from the sky and drunk its light so that she would never die. And she never had.

  

  Laini Taylor
  • Girl
  • Light
  • Die

• She had had the pain; it had been like being boiled alive in scalding oil and not being able to die to get free of it

  

  Betty Smith
  • She
  • Free
  • Die