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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Gangster movies are the inheritor of the Greek tragedy: it's the only genre where the audience will be disappointed if there's not a tragic ending.
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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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You know, I had the ability like a catalyst to really get everybody hyped up.
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I went to so many sleepovers where these parents were reading the 'Book of Revelation' before bed and things like that. I would listen to that stuff, and I would sit there and say to myself, 'If God is so great and so good, why is there this list of rules?' Like, you go to hell if you don't believe in him and hold him up above everyone else.
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Winning is not about headlines and hardware medals. It's only about attitude. A winner is a person who goes out today and every day and attempts to be the best runner and best person he can be. Winning is about struggle and effort and optimism, and never, ever, ever giving up.
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I save all my good e-mails. Listen to this one: 'You liberals should be deported.'
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When you were under contract, you did what you were told to do.
