Debbie Reynolds Quotes

We were rather poor, but we always had what we needed.

Debbie Reynolds

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• But ours was intended to be a citizen government. It is what of, by and for the people means. And when our most important issue in California is the creation of jobs, I think it's quite helpful to have someone in the U.S. Senate or in the governor's seat who actually knows where jobs come from.

  

  Carly Fiorina
  • People
  • Important
  • Think

• We all want to be the sexy girl.

  

  Karen McDougal
  • Want
  • Girl
  • Sexy

• PG-13 horror, I just don't watch that.

  

  Fede Alvarez
  • Just
  • Horror
  • Watch

• We all have a way to contribute, to your community, to your family, whatever it is you can do.

  

  Valerie Harper
  • Family
  • You
  • Community

• It's true I always like to mix femininity and something a bit masculine. It's the reason I love skirts with high heels and tights, and no handbag because I love having my hands in my pockets.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • True
  • Reason
  • Like

• Biochemistry is the science of life. All our life processes - walking, talking, moving, feeding - are essentially chemical reactions. So biochemistry is actually the chemistry of life, and it's supremely interesting.

  

  Aaron Ciechanover
  • Life
  • Science
  • Interesting

• It is only when I am doing my work that I feel truly alive.

  

  Federico Fellini
  • Work
  • Alive

• I think, anyone in the arts, you're self-employed; it's so difficult.

  

  Sam Heughan
  • Think
  • Difficult
  • Arts

• I don't really believe in regrets.

  

  Wayne Newton
  • Believe
  • Really
  • Regrets

• I'm not superstitious.

  

  Bai Ling
  • Superstitious

• Watching Madonna puffing on a cigar on David Letterman's show, I thought, 'Gosh, she's feeling so India! All she needs is long, black hair and a trip to the Caribbean to burn her skin up.'

  

  La India
  • Up
  • Long
  • She

• I believe that the most meaningful way to succeed is to help other people succeed.

  

  Adam Grant
  • People
  • Believe
  • Help

• Write in recollection and amazement for yourself.

  

  Jack Kerouac
  • Yourself
  • Communication

• I've considered having my nose fixed. But I didn't trust anyone enough. If I could do it myself with a mirror.

  

  Barbra Streisand
  • Myself
  • Trust
  • Mirror

• Personality is so important - when you dress somebody for a big party, it is good to feel that the person has an ease and naturalness with what she is wearing.

  

  Olivier Theyskens
  • Good
  • Important
  • She

• It’s plain that if I married you for brains I was plumb cheated.

  

  Orson Scott Card

• I want to have her back as an ingredient in the restoration of my past. Could I have wished her anything worse? Having got once through death, to come back and then, at some later date, have all her dying to do all over again? They call Stephen the first martyr. Hadn't Lazarus the rawer deal?

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • Death
  • Past
  • Dying

• 'Do you promise you won't hurt me?' asked Arthur. 'You will be safe from all harm for the space of a quarter hour, as measured by this clock,' replied the Old One. 'You are mortal enough that I would not slay you like a wandering cockroach, or a Denizen of the House.' 'Thanks,' said Arthur. 'I think.'

  

  Garth Nix
  • House
  • Space
  • Hurt

• I think that when we look at something that's well acted and a story that's well told, it allows us to be a mirror of who we are as human beings and as a culture, and offers a glimpse of where we're headed.

  

  Gabriel Byrne
  • Think
  • Culture
  • Mirror

• I approach film no differently than I approach a role. I want to make sure the movie is right, the characters are right, I can really bring something to it as a visionary, a storyteller. It's great to point a camera, but can you tell a story?

  

  Larenz Tate
  • Great
  • Movie
  • Want

• It's usually better to focus on partying and let the other stuff take care of itself.

  

  Andrew W.K.
  • Focus
  • Care
  • Stuff

• Chicago has a burly, action-oriented but still self-assured and relaxed confidence to its stride. The city has a lot of wide-open space and all the possibilities that suggests. There's a lot of horizontal grandeur here.

  

  Kurt Elling
  • Action
  • City
  • Space

• Acting is a way to escape who you are for a short period of time. It doesn't happen all the time , but every now and then, the sensation of being 'other' is very profound. You get this moment where you are no longer yourself. You lose consciousness of the crew or the audience... it's a thrilling moment. And even quite spiritual.

  

  James Purefoy
  • Time
  • Spiritual
  • Period

• We were rather poor, but we always had what we needed.

  

  Debbie Reynolds