Ellen Burstyn Quotes
She goes from one addiction to another. All are ways for her to not feel her feelings.
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House was the first film where I had no influence on the script. I had to buy the script with the game rights.
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I have to remind myself constantly that people actually want to hear the music I've made; that's hard for me to digest. I think a live audience is the only tangible evidence you can have that your work is making an impact. It's really humbling.
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Art is subjective. I'm not looking for people's praise.
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Oh, I find it very easy to fall in love.
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My parents wanted us to be well-rounded individuals and really have the American experiences as richly as one can.
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Arab-led Islamic fundamentalism destabilizes nations from Algeria to the Philippines.
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To put me through school my morn had to work, so I was a latchkey kid.
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Never above you. Never below you. Always beside you.
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Only people who have been allowed to practise freedom can have the grown-up look in their eyes.
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Blinking is some way of tabulating - a kind of carriage return, click, or save to disk - that helps the process of 'Okay, now change the subject.' Every time you move your eyes, there's an interruption in the visual field - you go momentarily blind when your eyeballs are moving.
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One would think that plants belonging to the same genus would always produce identical or at least similar oils. But this is by no means so.
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The Dalai Lama can claim the sanction of the Buddha, who is said to have altered his teachings in order to reach a diverse audience.
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We can make aircrafts that can navigate a maze of hallways.
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Surround yourself with great people. People are what make businesses prosper.
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I remember watching Gilda Radner when I was a kid and everyone thought she was so funny and no one ever said that she was a funny woman, she was just funny.
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Have you ever walked along a shoreline, only to have your footprints washed away? That's what Alzheimer's is like. The waves erase the marks we leave behind, all the sand castles. Some days are better than others.
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I sang in church, but growing up in the neighborhood, music was more of an expression of relief or entertainment.
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I like books that expose me to people unlike me and books that do battle against caricature or simplification. That, to me, is the heroic in fiction.
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No one - no one - has given more for our freedom and our security than our Gold Star families. ... They represent the very best of our country. They continue to inspire us every day, every moment. They serve as a powerful reminder of the true strength of America. We have to do everything we can for those families, and honor them, and be humbled by them.
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A sense of humor saves your life, and being able to make friends wherever you go.
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Though I battle blind,Love is a fate resignedMemories mar my mind,Love is a fate resignedOver futile odds,And laughed at by the godsAnd now the final frame,Love is a losing game.
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Genuine love not only respects the individuality of the other but actually cultivates it, even at the risk of separation or loss. The ultimate goal of life remains the spiritual growth of the individual, the solitary journey to peaks that can be climbed only alone.
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I really worshipped Mama Cass a lot. Mama Cass, who was really fat and she didn't lose weight. Yeah, she went on diets but for the most part of her life and the better part of her career she was a big person.
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She goes from one addiction to another. All are ways for her to not feel her feelings.
