Debbie Reynolds Quotes
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I won't allow myself to have tremendous fear.
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It's not a terribly original thing to say, but I love Raymond Carver. For one thing, he's fun to read out loud.
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The only thing that is real is the being in you that is going to die.
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Power is a tool, influence is a skill; one is a fist, the other a fingertip.
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I think that's very sad, that I haven't allowed my heart to be broken. I have broken a few.
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I always did TV commercials and made great money to put myself through school. That became guest starring roles on TV shows.
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I really believe deep in my soul that we're going to have to step up and face these challenges and be tough and pull together and unify and be creative and be willing to sacrifice.
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I'll often get obsessed with something for about three days, and I'll be utterly into it, and I'll read every single thing about it possible. And then three days later, I'll just forget about it, and I'll be onto something else.
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I come from a culture where you don't divide it up to what you can do on TV and what you can do on film.
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Bowie's been a huge influence on me.
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Boxing should probably be banned. But until then, I'm a big fan.
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I love the way Tyra Banks dresses up - she looks so elegant and glamorous in whatever she wears. The confidence and attitude she exudes on and off the ramp is remarkable.
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Being a novelist and being a mother have exactly coincided in my life: the call from my agent saying that I had a contract for my first novel - that was on my answering phone message when I got back from the hospital with my first child.
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Japanese people accept that art and commerce will be blended; and, in fact, they are surprised by the rigid and pretentious Western hierarchy of 'high art.'
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Politicians aren't special. They lie the same way we all do, revealing their true nature under pressure.
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Biceps for show, triceps for go.
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In commendably seeking to protect freedom of speech, we must not lower our defences against the evil of racial and religious intolerance.
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YouTube is a problem. It has very big traffic, but it refuses to contribute to the weight of that traffic.
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I have a feeling that art is something you do for yourself, and that any time you turn your decisions over to someone else you're postponing at best, your own development. The atmosphere of the workshop should be that of trying out one's own work and accepting the signals from others but not accepting the dictation of others because that is a violation of the spirit of art. Art can't be done by somebody else, it has got to be done by the artist.
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The construction of life is at present in the power of facts far more than convictions.
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As far as criticism, I don't mind critics. I mean, I wrote for 'Rolling Stone' for a hot minute. I like criticism. I enjoy criticism. The thing I don't like is cruelty for cruelty's sake. You don't have to be a jerk to say something negative. You can say something in the negative sense and have class.
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One short sleep past, we wake eternally, And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.
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Children have taught me to always be forgiving.
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When you were under contract, you did what you were told to do.
