Debbie Reynolds Quotes
I was raised to think that if you behaved badly with men, you went to hell. I realise now it is puritanical and not very adult.
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I played competitive golf all my life. Then all of a sudden, when I quit playing the game, I've got all this spare time and this energy. And certainly I wasn't ready to pack up my bags and go sit in front of the television with a shawl on.
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Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball.
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Live rich, die poor; never make the mistake of doing it the other way round.
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My characters are driven by a passionate desire for justice. They are rebellious and incorruptible.
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I really hate the term 'historical novel' - it reminds me of bodice-rippers. But I'm hooked on research, and I really, really enjoy it.
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What you look like, whether you're Brad Pitt or Charles Laughton, is significant for actors.
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I've never rejected the world I came from. To be rejected by it is horrible.
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Comic books aren't nerdy. You'd have to be an idiot to think computers are nerdy.
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Statistically, Portland, Oregon has the most street kids, like kids that run away from home and live on the street. It's like a whole culture thing there. If you walk around on the streets, there are kids living on the streets, begging for money, but it's almost like a cool thing. They all just sit around and play music and squat.
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As you learn who you are, you can better surround yourself with friends who make you a better person, and that sometimes only happens when you disassemble old relationships.
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Men who are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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So far, Vancouver is my favorite relocation city. It feels like home. Parts of it remind me of the east coast. It's very clean. The food is great. And the people are lovely. Not that I didn't love working in other glamorous locations like Downey, Detroit, Cleveland or Bulgaria... but, damn, it is fun to be Canadian.
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I didn't originally intend on writing a book. I started writing during the day to feel like I was accomplishing something creative.
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A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.
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I've been getting pulled from newspapers for my entire career.
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I have a couture body.
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I've been a kind of a wildcatter. I've been able to say anything I wanted.
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I've had some threaten not to give Communion to me, even though they don't know my position, just because I'm a Democrat. I've had cardinals refuse to shake my hand because I'm a Democrat.
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If to talk to oneself when alone is folly, it must be doubly unwise to listen to oneself in the presence of others.
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As an actor, I still don't really know exactly what I am doing most of the time.
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In a word, I was too cowardly to do what I knew to be right, as I had been too cowardly to avoid doing what I knew to be wrong.
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I was raised to think that if you behaved badly with men, you went to hell. I realise now it is puritanical and not very adult.
