Elizabeth Meriwether Quotes
What does being a woman today mean? Is there a right way of doing it? Is there a wrong way of doing it? Different kinds of women, female friendships: It's all pretty funny, and worth making fun of.
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I always enjoyed writing. I did playlets in high school, I did radio shows in college. That's one of the reasons I went down to Second City, because you could do acting and writing.
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Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world.
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The director had come to Madrid to court me.
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A service of worship is primarily a service to God. When we realize this and act upon it, we make it a service to men.
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You know, the Brits had a way of - running an empire. And I don't think America is comfortable with an empire.
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Remember, China is the largest country in the world, so they have the confidence, the capital and resources to create large companies.
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Of strong importance to me is the defense of minority rights, not just racial minorities, but ideological and religious minorities.
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My mother loved fashion and always had a great aesthetic. But she also considered the cost of it, with the kids, that it wasn't something to allow herself.
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Well, I have a couple of projects in the pipeline, but I'm taking things slow for now and being choosy about the roles I take up. One thing I can assure you of is that you are going to see a lot of me!
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I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.
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Credit you give yourself is not worth having.
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I am highly offended by the total lack of acknowledgement of my contribution to Laker success.
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I like to have something to base a role on.
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I enjoyed my time in the WRAF. There were plenty of people at the airfields where I worked, and they were all very good company.
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There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none of us safe. We are children, playing or quarrelling on the line.
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Power and speed be hands and feet.
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It's a very hard industry, and it's very cold. It's loving for when you have a hit record, but when you don't have anything going on, there's really not much support.
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Shakespeare was the main thing I did in my life from the age of 16 when I first played 'Hamlet' at school. I then did summer stock the next summer and then went to RADA and joined the RSC and ran my own company and then worked at the Globe. That was about 30 years of my life.
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I think we do have cyclic changes in weather, and I think that's been throughout the course of history.
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I want to dance, I want her ass. Why is she ignoring me?
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They didn't have college scholarships for women. Had they done that at the time, I may have stayed on for another two Olympics, but the opportunities were not available to women that they have today.
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There is no need for faith where there is no consciousness of an element of risk.
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What does being a woman today mean? Is there a right way of doing it? Is there a wrong way of doing it? Different kinds of women, female friendships: It's all pretty funny, and worth making fun of.
