Ellen Burstyn Quotes
I've lived most of my life in Manhattan, but as close as Brooklyn is to Manhattan, there are people who live there who have been to Manhattan maybe once or twice.
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I love the immediacy of an audience being there and reacting. I'm spoiled, having grown up in theater.
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The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined my life and my career. That's the tragedy of this.
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I like the term 'misunderstood.' But I am a bit of a bad boy.
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Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.
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I don't care to be remembered as the man who scored six touchdowns in a game. I want to be remembered as a winner in life.
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In Mississippi, you don't admit that you're gay. It's just an awkward thing down South, which is sad.
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The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.
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I'm not trying to be coy or manipulative or Machiavellian, I want to spark people's imaginations.
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Two hundred years ago, our precursors in Haiti struck a blow for freedom, which was heard around the world, and across centuries.
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It's about discipline. It's about following instructions. It's about the execution of the plan. That's what sport is.
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I would love to work with the great movie actors of our time.
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Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.
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Insults are the business of the court.
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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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People get in fights because they don't communicate, because you don't want to hurt the other person.
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First and foremost when you're doing comedy, you gotta be relevant and applicable to the times that you're living in. When you try and just do comedy about who is dating who and lifestyle jokes, it gets tiring after a while. It's hard to be funny in that realm.
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When I give notes on a script, I say, 'Guys, I may drift, but it's part of the process.' So I'm aware that I'm drifting, but I'm grabbing a lot of stuff.
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If I could still play, I would be trying. It's been 15 years.
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Working with the same people is so much quicker and frees up your energy for other things.
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Life would be tolerable but for its amusements.
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I wasn't interested in exploiting myself.
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The earlier you start, the easier it is to accumulate major wealth. Still, it's never really too late to begin.
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I've lived most of my life in Manhattan, but as close as Brooklyn is to Manhattan, there are people who live there who have been to Manhattan maybe once or twice.
