Ellen Burstyn Quotes
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Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous.
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The show I'm obsessed with watching is 'Say Yes to the Dress!' Because I love the whole makeover idea, and I'm a sap for love, of course.
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I would definitely like to start a family because it's the most important thing in the world and what you should take care of, along with your friends and the people you love.
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And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business.
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I've got to be honest, there's no pleasure when you're working.
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Movies are really hard to make. You put a lot of work into them, and you want people to see them.
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I've been a big astrophysics nut since I was 12. I have always had a real soft spot for the bizarreness of quantum mechanics. But I gave up on being a scientist in high school - I'm just not that good at math.
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Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old tale and retell it for a sophisticated adult audience.
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He's really sort of the devil. He's completely emotionally detached. He has no empathy. You find that in psychopaths. It's about power with Voldemort. It's an aphrodisiac for him. Power makes him feel alive.
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I think Hillary Clinton is a good and effective secretary of state.
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Microsoft makes numerous apps for both Android and iOS, as do Google, Amazon and Facebook. You can run iTunes and iCloud on Windows and Office on the Mac.
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Acting was all I ever really wanted to do.
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See, that's the thing: I'm not one of those actors who thinks, 'God, I've got to improvise and make it my own.' No, my first job as an actor is to take what's written and make it work. And then, if they want me to improvise, I'll do that.
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Clearly, humans will always have a role to play in emergency response for law enforcement. But if there's an emergency, if there's a 911 call, the question is, do you want a human dashing off to respond to it right away?
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All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.
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Everybody hates you when you're the best, and everybody hates you when you're the worst.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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Why are ecologists and environmentalists so feared and hated? This is because in part what they have to say is new to the general public, and the new is always alarming.
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I don't think Vice and BuzzFeed are legitimate news organizations.
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To resolve the climate crisis, good will, statements of intent are not enough. We are at breaking point.
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Prayer doesn't work because someone out there is listening, it works because someone in here is listening. I've paid attention. I've pictured what I want to happen in my life. I've meditated extensively on my family, my future, my past actions and what did and didn't work for me about them.
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Assuming roles is something that simply won't work for me, since I don't have a style. None at all.
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I love to watch how scientists' minds work.
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I've always wanted to work with my friend Al Pacino.
