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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We don't spend so much time on the opponent that we forget it's really about us.
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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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If the exigencies of my country demand a peculiar service, its claims to perform that service are imperious.
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You know you can't hope yourself a better life - you must take yourself there.
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I mean, I really don't want the federal government to be determining whether or not a person who feels certain ways about the environment or about animals or about certain religious issues should be considered an extremist. That to me is a type of thought control, mind control, which is very dangerous.
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Every dancer has injuries, and your injury could happen that season that you were getting that one part that you've wanted to do your whole career. So you have to appreciate every single moment until it happens.
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It's not everyday you get to do a pirate movie, you might as well go for it.
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When you were under contract, you did what you were told to do.
