Billie Burke Quotes
There is no reason why marriage should necessarily compel an actress to forego her career.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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If they understand, which I believe they really are sensing, that the alternative the Republicans have been offering is to repeal what we've done, to go back to Bush policies - and if you asked the public what would you prefer, Bush economic policies or Obama economic policies, they take and prefer Obama economic policies.
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So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education.
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I think America has a brilliant future.
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Over the years, I have been asked to play these sort of scary frenetic characters that express their emotions physically.
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We can only restore faith in government if the state itself becomes an efficient, effective and transparent ally of the people. Bureaucratic inefficiencies, abuses of power and the misappropriation of public funds must end.
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If Obamacare is so wonderful, why is it that its loudest advocates don't want to be subject to it?
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I guess it was but I think peoples morality has changed. It's gotten more liberal and more diverse and even in a sense much more fundamental, you take the fundamental religious right in this country, its got to go back about 50 years.
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I listened to it last night for the first time since we started this project. I went out to my car and put it in and went to an empty parking lot and just listened and read the little pamphlet that came with it. After two or three songs I burst into tears.
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I am not a method actor, though I studied for a year with Lee Strasburg.
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For the doubters out there, of course I was going to have help from Penguin's editorial team in telling my story, which I talked about from the beginning.
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A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.
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At home, I dedicate occasional whole days to reading as if I'm a convalescent. The ideal place for this is the bath, where the body floats free. Books go a little wavy, but they're mine, so who cares.
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Everything I want to do in my life, I want to be at the top.
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If you go anywhere, even paradise, you will miss your home.
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I think we all attract troublemakers; I don't think it's particularly about anyone. I had it actually as an album title, and I thought it would be really cool to write a song about a girl that's a bit of troublemaker.
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When people are in love, I don't see anything wrong with it in the world. If they choose to live their lives and get married, why should we interfere? A lot of people don't agree with me, but that's how I feel.
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Doing it your own way, not having to go exactly by the book to be successful.
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If you don't see something as a career but as an important part of your life, you don't know how you're going to feel about it.
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As much as the social conservatives might not like to hear it, there will be a time when your grandchildren say: 'What was the argument with gay marriage? Who cares?'
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I did grow up in New Orleans. I grew up right on the lake, right across the levee.
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In any job, you can come under attack or have a door slammed in your face. You do want to listen to critics; you don't want to be in a cocoon and never change. Get a second opinion from coworkers and friends. Know that criticism can be valid, but don't take it personally.
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You have venture capitalists. We view them as experts who also help finance your company and give directions and also some pretty candid discussions about what you have to do better.
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There is no reason why marriage should necessarily compel an actress to forego her career.
