Ellen Barkin Quotes
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It is easy to remove the mind from harping on the lost illusion of immortality. The disciplined intellect fears nothing and craves no sugar-plum at the day's end, but is content to accept life and serve society as best it may.
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I was just so excited to have a child! I held him up like he was Simba in 'The Lion King.' I wanted to sing 'The Circle of Life.'
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Everybody has to agree that the best thing we can do to start reducing the deficit in this country is to put people back to work.
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The eye of God ends up inside, so that, in the end, you take care of judgment and punishment yourself.
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I don't even know which end of a computer one is supposed to gaze into. I've never used a computer.
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I don't read novels, but my semiotics study influenced everything about the way I read and edit and write.
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I'm very aware that after you've played Cleopatra, there's not a lot that can top that in this sphere, so it means that I want to almost change the sphere I work in rather completely because I will always be comparing it to Cleopatra.
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This is something caregivers have to understand: You have to ask for help. You have to realize that you deserve to ask for help. Because you need to keep on working on your own life.
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Rooting from the sidelines is the most democratic of sporting rites: no skyboxes, no tickets required, just an unabashed will to holler and wave.
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I try not to do bad, but sometimes it's irresistible.
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My favourite all-time work of fiction: Lord of the Rings. My favourite all-time nonfiction book: Guns, Germs, and Steel. Ask me again next week, you'll get a different answer.
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Live theater is my favorite of all the mediums that I have worked in, so I have every intention on coming back to Broadway.
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Money isn't everything. Do you get married because of money? Do you have kids because of money?
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He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious.
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Shake was a dramatist of note; He lived by writing things to quote.
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I think Ovechkin is everything the NHL needs.
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A company doesn't have to compete with Amazon. A company can instead innovate in sectors Amazon doesn't presently care about.
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Composing is not a profession. It is a maniaa harmless madness.
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My relationship with my mother has always felt like the most complicated relationship of my life. I know I have a lot more writing to do on this.
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The moment you say, "We are proud. I'm proud to be this, and I'm proud to be that," what you're saying is we're almost as good as the others. "Almost" always means not quite.
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I'm not comparing myself at all to him, but I like the idea that Ernest Hemingway always wrote about certain things he knew, he knew the ins and outs, back to fronts of what he was talking about. I love that as an inspiration for myself, to keep it true to what you know.
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War is usually fought over diminishing resources, particulary those that we perceive to be extremely valuable.
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I have huge hands and feet. I'm 5'6" and wear a size 10 shoe.
