Martha Graham Quotes
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Where having been an actor was extremely helpful to me was in casting. That's where I think a director who has acted can really shine, and casting is the most important thing you do.
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I'm not the girl for super high fashion because I don't have the right body. When I want to get dressed up, I'm a Roberto Cavalli girl.
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There's no greater feeling in the world than when you can put a smile on somebody's face just by walking into a room. It's unbelievable. And if I have that power, who am I to waste it, you know?
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.
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Item numbers are not my cup of tea.
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I want to develop Katihar as an ideal district. That is my dream for my constituency.
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I think it's important to give young people the freedom to follow their ideas and pursue their interests.
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My parents separated when I was young, and as a result, my father had to learn how to braid our hair on the nights my sisters and I would stay with him. We would arrive to school the next morning with these incredibly endearing lopsided braids he had fashioned. This may have expedited the process of my learning how to braid my own hair.
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I do not need a trophy to tell myself that I am the best.
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Football matters so much to people, and they get very defensive - or angry.
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If the Wright brothers hadn't put their lives on the line, we would not be flying around the world these days. So we need pioneers.
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To me an unnecessary action, or shot, or casualty, was not only waste but sin.
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Each generation must recreate liberty for its own times.
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When I first moved to New York, all I did was musical theater. That's what I studied at Carnegie Mellon University.
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A champion owes everybody something. He can never pay back for all the help he got, for making him an idol.
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Once you're playing someone, you shouldn't be judging them in any way. That's what being an actor is - it's having empathy for people that are different from yourself. Once you've committed to that person, your responsibility is to tell that story.
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I'm constantly pitching one episode where we see life through Castle's eyes. I think Castle's just a little off as far as his perception goes. A very, very clever man, but I want to see the world as Castle sees it - kind of a rose-colored glasses, all the women find him irresistible, all the guys find him super cool and do whatever he says.
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The fact that I've achieved this so soon is just a bonus, I guess. Everything from now on is a bonus for me.
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If a traditional publisher offered me a quarter of a million dollars for a novel, I'd consider it. But anything less than that, I'm sure I can do better on my own.
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I'd like to work with any actress from whom I can learn-one who has had many experiences with many directors and is willing to share some of her knowledge with me.
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First of all, you want to do the soaking with almost all of the larger beans because that will take care of the gas, and second of all... they want to be seasoned and flavored.
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I was born in Swindon... a place that always looked west. I found that wherever I go I love to have a room with a view of the western sky. My late brother and I, when we were small, had a room at the back of the house that overlooked the sunset; and both for he and I it was kind of magical.
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People in the NBA are just as athletic as you. That's the game. You have to have the change of pace. You have to change speeds to get around people.
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Dancing is just discovery, discovery, discovery - what it all means…
