Orson Welles Quotes
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The devoted golfer is an anguished soul who has learned a lot about putting just as an avalanche victim has learned a lot about snow.
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God doesn't want us to merely sit around dreaming about things we can do and be. That's a good place to start, but a poor place to stop. God wants us to turn our dreams into action.
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Unless you're Gisele, you wake up some days and feel ugly. When that happens, I accept that I'm not perfect and it's OK; I can start over again tomorrow.
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Most people are really dedicated to doing good things.
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The actresses I've known support each other very much. If you have a level of confidence in what you're doing, then you don't feel threatened. We all have different things to offer.
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If you're changing the world, you're working on important things. You're excited to get up in the morning.
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To my real estate agent, Chernobyl is a fixer-upper.
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We must get to the point in our lives. What is the point? To become a new kind of man or woman, having inner command and outer excellence.
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It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.
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I had one drama teacher who was amazing, Ms. Perkins. She really tried to inspire me and get me going.
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I am the last of the Mohicans, the creme de la creme of cabaret.
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Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?
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The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time.
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The most powerful words in English are 'Tell me a story,' words that are intimately related to the complexity of history, the origins of language, the continuity of the species, the taproot of our humanity, our singularity, and art itself.
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There is no better way to bring people together than with desserts.
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American music culture is black culture.
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As long as I have a heartbeat, I'm fine. So I just do what I love, and I do it the best that I can. And if it all goes away, I'll just start over.
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The laptop computer is a workhorse. The tablet is just a display.
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Every body type is different - that's what makes you unique. What makes you special is you, and you are different from the next person.
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The empire of woman is an empire of softness, of address, of complacency. Her commands are caresses, her menaces are tears.
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I'm a big fan of rehearsal. I'm famous for pulling the cast together, not so much to formally rehearse, but just to run the lines. My theory of acting is that it takes all your attention just to stay in the moment, and keep your attention on the other person, and get him to do what you want him to do.
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It's just like with people. You're going to get along better working with them - human or equine - if you ask politely rather than demand that they do things.
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The Chinese have done some extraordinary things in terms of the investments they've made in alternative sources of energy.
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Ecstasy is not really part of the scene we can do on celluloid.
