Ellen McLaughlin Quotes
Not just my parents, but teachers, friends, mentors - a host of people are to be thanked for any success I have had, and a whole lot of just plain luck.

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The Saudi government's denial of basic rights to women is not only wrong, it hurts Saudi Arabia's economic development, modernization and prosperity.
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Whatever good or bad is said by former cricketers is considered gospel. Our media should not blow out of proportion the opinion of former cricketers.
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Jewish, black, Filipino, whatever the specificity is, it's specificity that makes a good story. And I think people are tired of seeing the same old shtick on network television. It's just a group of white people hanging out talking about their jobs. Who cares? We've seen that.
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I was a tomboy and didn't pay too much attention to my clothes.
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More than anything for me, making music is about taking nothing and making something.
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If you ever meet an actor who's the child of actors, they'll never tell you that they wanted to be a star. But what I did realise early on was that I just wanted to be in that tribe.
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I remember I was a little girl when Elizabeth Taylor stole Eddie Fisher from America's Sweetheart, Debbie Reynolds, and the reaction back then was enormous! And Angelina Jolie was in trouble, too, for taking a husband away from another America's Sweetheart. Don't take husbands from America's Sweethearts.
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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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You know, I've sold a lot of bad movies in my time.
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Every artist was first an amateur.
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The very idea of carrying my memory into eternity devastated me, and I took refuge in atheism.
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If people think they've found my biggest weakness, let them try to take advantage of it.
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You don't have to hit anybody on the head to be sexy.
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As a little kid, I climbed a lot of trees because I always loved the bird's-eye view.
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I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.
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I grew up in Deptford in south London, and at that time I used to wear toppers, loon pants and tonic suits from shops like Take 6 and Topman. I was a bit of a soul boy, but I had a very eclectic taste in music - I was into James Brown and Bowie; and I was the only kid in the neighbourhood who would also be listening to Chopin.
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I was willing to accept what I couldn't change.
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We've all got vices, and we're all freakin' trying.
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Government is a health hazard. Governments have killed many more people than cigarettes or unbuckled seat belts ever have.
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I've had a great metamorphosis in my life. I struggled for a number of years because I was identified with that image of the Seventies.
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And I think it is the genius of actors to be able to escape whatever people are expecting of them. Otherwise you become like a factory worker.
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Not just my parents, but teachers, friends, mentors - a host of people are to be thanked for any success I have had, and a whole lot of just plain luck.