Elsa Lanchester Quotes
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I would be too selfish if I said everyone should see my movies more than once. To say that would mean I'm just marketing my work!
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I am a little obsessed with surprise kitty.
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President Obama's over in Indonesia when guys like me were at a paper route. President Obama, I don't know what experience he had at that same age when he was in Indonesia. So I think it's hard for him to grasp that America entrepreneurial spirit.
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The single best piece of advice I give to aspiring writers is to always write about things that they know. I suggest that they write about people and places and events and conflicts they are familiar with. That way their writing will be real and hopefully readers will respond to it. I try to take my own advice.
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Running back was always my favorite position.
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I am not in politics to make more money.
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The power of Twitter still never ceases to amaze me.
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The family is the school of duties - founded on love.
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What's lost in this whole debate, unfortunately, is that Social Security is not a giveaway where we take money to give to other people. It's a contract with the government... that's worked for 75 years. It's the most successful government program that we've ever had.
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I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.
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I have a company called Earl Campbell Foods. I got into the meat business in 1991.
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Other lands have their vitality in a few, a class, but we have it in the bulk of our people.
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I don't want to be competing in a sport where I feel that I'm here not on my talent and my hard work but because of a piece of equipment.
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Court TV will always hold a special place in my heart, and I will always look back at my time there with great gratitude and affection.
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Even if you only want to write science fiction, you should also read mysteries, poetry, mainstream literature, history, biography, philosophy, and science.
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At the beginning, I experienced writing as a sort of constraint. Starting so young as a writer is pitiable: it's beyond your powers; you have to lay bare things that are very heavy, and you don't have the means for that.
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I definitely have the screenwriting itch.
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I'm a terrific mimic, and you can feel my funny bone.
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It wasn't easy tolerating him talking this way to her, to bear his scorn, his ridicule, his insults, his walking past her like she was nothing but a house cat. But after four years of marriage, Mariam saw clearly how much a woman could tolerate when she was afraid. And Mariam was afraid.
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I've got a great husband who's very good with Orla - she's a real daddy's girl.
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I think every woman should have the skills and confidence to be able to earn a living. A working woman is happy because she has goals beyond herself and her needs.
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When I was writing about Gotham in 'Broken City,' I was writing about Chicago. I just substituted the names.
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I've been interviewed for hundreds of magazine articles, and they come out incredibly goofy about 90 percent of the time.
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She looked as if butter wouldn't melt in her mouth - or anywhere else.
