Elizabeth Taylor Quotes
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I took my acting very seriously. I did over 40 films, and naturally, some of them were called B-movies because the woman was at the top of the billing. Women couldn't star in their own movies.
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I think what 'The Monster' means to me is I find it really hard - like a lot of other people in the world - to really be OK in my own skin. It was a message to myself saying, 'It's OK that you're not perfect.' I'm gonna learn to love myself and accept myself, even though I'm a little crazy.
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As technology changes the way we communicate, connect, create, consume and innovate, it is democratizing access to opportunity. Education is no exception.
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I still do commercial work as an actor, which I love, because it's very quick, and it definitely pays my bills.
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For me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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You know something, if you're not acting, you're not an actor - you've gotta work. No way around it.
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I studied chord theory and started playing the piano.
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Anyone should be able to read comics.
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I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.
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Like all readers, I want my limits to be drawn by my own sensibilities, not by my melanin count.
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We're all idealistic when young.
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Moderate doesn't mean that you're a wimp - far from it. It means that you've chosen a path because you believe that's the only way for global harmony and peace.
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Those boos really motivate me to make something happen.
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I am at war... with the principal personage of traditional philosophy, that abstract subject who masquerades as everyone and anyone, but is really a male subject in disguise.
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Most interviewers are looking for a headline. They're not skilled. They're looking for shock value.
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I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
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The soldier who gropes for glory must submit himself to discipline. Subordination gives strength and security to an army. He that will not submit to it when corrected and improved by the experience of ages does not deserve the proud appellation of a soldier.
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If we are going to compete in this world we're in today, there is no possible way we can do it with lowering expectations and dumbing down everything. Children are going to suffer, and families' hearts are going to be broken that their kids won't be able to get a job in the 21st Century.
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I travel all over the country, all over the world, and I'm happy to call Texas home.
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If we were poor, we didn't know it 'cause I guess you don't miss what you never had. So, you know, we made do with whatever. We used to make our own toys, and we used to play with spinning tops and marbles. A pocket full of marbles, and you were rich - you didn't worry about no money.
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I do not seek. I find.
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I hold myself to a very high standard. But you're going to make mistakes. You've got to erase it and move forward.
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I'm a survivor - a living example of what people can go through and survive.
