Ellen Burstyn Quotes

The real work of an actor goes on inside, and I don't think it changes from director to director - I always go for broke! But I don't get a lot of direction, unfortunately.

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• From the pop side, people like Usher, and when they first came out, I listened to guys like K-Ci and JoJo; that '90s R&B thing really caught my ear.

  

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• The search for knowledge is a long and difficult task.

  

  Fabiola Gianotti
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• There are times in my life when I just want to be by myself.

  

  Aaliyah
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• I don't set out to win awards. I don't think any musician does, but when you receive an award, it's an affirmation: it means that people appreciate what you do. Every award I have received is a confirmation of something I have done, and that motivates me to push a little harder.

  

  Wadada Leo Smith
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• To do a really good interview, you have to be truly interested in the person.

  

  Daisy Fuentes
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• Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.

  

  Adam D'Angelo
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• I have always been a coward as a child. I am not very brave. I am very aware of the fact that I am not very gutsy.

  

  Cai Guo-Qiang
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• In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?

  

  Famke Janssen
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• I make the music my ears want to hear, I wear the clothes my body wants to wear and the ones boys call me back for, and I generally make the songs that my feet dance to.

  

  Natalia Kills
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• The time I trust will come, perhaps within the lives of some of us, when the outline of this science will be clearly made out and generally recognised, when its nomenclature will be fixed, and its principles form a part of elementary instruction.

  

  Nassau William Senior
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• I love football, football is my life.

  

  Wayne Rooney
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• The Bill of Rights isn't some legalistic fine print. It was written to make our lives freer, more prosperous, and happier. By forsaking it, America has become no better than any other country in the world.

  

  Harry Browne
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• I never dreamed that shooting a film would be so hard. There was less regulation then of child actors' hours. Even the concept of acting confused me.

  

  Tatum O'Neal
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• I think every business is definitely different. There are certain businesses where execution is everything.

  

  Cameron Winklevoss
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• I love iTunes as much as anybody. It's very convenient and very easy. But there is nothing like the vibe that you get when you walk into a record store. And I think a lot of people are still thrilled to spend a half hour there and go through the bins and make some purchases.

  

  Gary Calamar
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• Writers, not psychiatrists, are the true interpreters of the human mind and heart, and we have been at it for a very long time.

  

  Florence King
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• I always love being in the company of women. It's all about good conversation and great wine.

  

  Naomi Watts
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• I did some acting in high school, I knew I really liked it.

  

  Rachel Dratch
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• The promise to take back control of our borders. I will end free movement, introduce an Australian-style points-based system for immigration, and bring numbers down. With my leadership, it will be delivered.

  

  Michael Gove
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• It's weird how people were always asking us, 'Are you real? Are you joking?' That seems like something Americans care about a lot. You can't answer the question 'Are you real?' If we're anything, we're documentary fiction.

  

  Yolandi Visser
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• The Bible does not thrill; the Bible nourishes. Give time to the reading of the Bible and the recreating effect is as real as that of fresh air physically.

  

  Oswald Chambers
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• If we merely try to impress people and get people interested in us, we will never have many true, sincere friends. Friends, real friends, are not made that way.

  

  Dale Carnegie
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• Look at me... look at me... I need the attention, oooh I'm punk rock I got some tattoos, I got some piercings. If I'm gonna get some piercings then I want everyone to see it...I don't need to advertise my punkness. A real punk doesn't need to show off...Its like a Karate man... the Karate man bleed on the inside. A real punk is punk on the inside.

  

  Mark Hoppus Blink-182
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• The real work of an actor goes on inside, and I don't think it changes from director to director - I always go for broke! But I don't get a lot of direction, unfortunately.

  

  Ellen Burstyn
  • Work
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