Ellen Burstyn Quotes
My mother was very glamorous. She was very beautiful, and she had a lot of friends; she was fun and loved to drink.
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I don't believe in societal restrictions. It wasn't a choice - conformity simply never occurred to me.
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I've fought with everyone . And now I have become so headstrong that I only do what I want.
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Acting is doing. It's not speaking; it's behavior. It's something happening, even if you're only listening.
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We hope the stories of the 14 kids in 'American High' provide something for many people to relate to.
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And you know when I was growing up, I knew I wanted to have kids, but I knew I didn't want to do it alone. Then once I was 41, 42, I had to accept that I probably wouldn't have kids unless I decided to adopt later on, but even then it would be with a partner.
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I don't think anything's ever simple. Everyone's just trying to understand each other, and whether that's because you're in a relationship or because you're meeting their friends or because their meeting your brother or whatever it is, nothing like that is ever smooth running.
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Be skeptical of concepts that divorce war from its political nature, particularly those that promise fast, cheap victory through technology.
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I can't think of anything worse than trying to schmooze someone with the idea that you're an actor.
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The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.
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Most of all, however, critics of black conservatives say we've forgotten where we came from. I may forget a federal budget number or, God forbid, to set the alarm clock for my weekly 6 a.m. flight to Washington, but I know exactly where I came from.
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The American Negro has no conception of the hundreds of millions of other non-whites' concern for him: he has no conception of their feeling of brotherhood for and with him.
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Our program for American GIs can be heard at 1630 hours.
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Foreigners don't want to invest any more in France - and this is not working.
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You always have to know when to bow out. You bow out while you are on top.
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With my ministry of light, part of what I do is work on the California Alliance For Arts Education.
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It's the group sound that's important, even when you're playing a solo.
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Everything that's created comes out of silence. Your thoughts emerge from the nothingness of silence. Your words come out of this void. Your very essence emerged from emptiness. All creativity requires some stillness.
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Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
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When you get called to come in and audition for Tarantino, it's incredibly exciting.
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That people even in well paid jobs choose ever earlier retirement is a severe indictment of our organizations - not just business, but government service, the universities. These people don't find their jobs interesting.
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I'm not the most accomplished of writers out there, but I feel that I quite effective all the same.
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They expect a certain amount of leniency or mercy from me because I'm a woman, and if you've ever met my mother, you should know that's not even in the cards. She's much tougher than I am - she's a retired schoolteacher, so she's seen it all.
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There is nothing more marvelous than doing something you love to do and getting paid for it. It ceases to become work, money, and effort; and it becomes fun, your expression of the joy of life.
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My mother was very glamorous. She was very beautiful, and she had a lot of friends; she was fun and loved to drink.
