Abraham Polonsky Quotes
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Don't go into any store that features shopping bags that can stand on their own accord in the middle of a table. This sort of shopping bag denotes prices that will start chipping into your children's college education fund. Avoid it.
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The deadliest foe to virtue would be complete self-knowledge.
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Among my generation, there was a purist position that any contact with electoral politics was an unforgiveable compromise.
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I'm married. I've been with my husband for six years. Now that I know what a healthy relationship is, I find I can write better about the unhealthiness of relationships.
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Because I travel so much, I bring my workout clothes and shoes wherever I go. That way I can always do some exercise.
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You must be independent and able to do for yourself. Then you do not have to marry a rich man; you can marry a poor one. And if it is wrong, you can go.
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Although some secrecy is odious, some is essential just to preserve our sense of self.
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Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.
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A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast.
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There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.
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One of the great things about being a writer/journalist is that my boss loves me to go out and do features on being someone else. I did a feature on Kate Middleton, where I went to an incredible fancy state home in the countryside, put on a wedding dress and posed for engagement pictures with a fake Prince William.
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There's this wonderful first assistant and he'll be saying, 'Now Harry goes down among the dragons.' You have to hold yourself together. Because if you lose it for a second then you're sunk.
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When the British became Christian, Christianity in no way altered their political organisation.
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Life's a challenge, but that's the best part.
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Some people seem to sort of have a gut for hiring. I literally had a gut that was exactly the opposite. So whenever I thought someone would be great, it was sort of the opposite.
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When you carry out acts of kindness you get a wonderful feeling inside. It is as though something inside your body responds and says, yes, this is how I ought to feel.
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My parents were ordinary people; we lived in a small apartment.
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Ordinarily if an actor gets chosen for the lead in a film, he or she has already built up a repertoire, and everyone knows what he or she is capable of.
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I like to stretch my acting muscles.
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If I was offered the choice of an award for best actor or best supporting actor, I would go for supporting actor.
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So often, we're expected to maintain some sort of standard - that won't get you where you need to go. One of the most daring things I've done is drop out of graduate school. I had no job, but something inside me was saying, 'Go! Be in the world!' I had to listen to myself, and it worked out. I still think, 'Who was that girl?'
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I care more about telly because it made me an actor and there's a much more immediate response to TV. You can address the political or cultural fabric of your country.
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You must never throw away things that are worth good money.
