Dwight Henry Quotes
I wouldn't sacrifice my business for no acting career because my business is something, ultimately, that I know I'm going to pass down to my kids, and that's most important to me than anything else in the world. I can't pass an acting career down to my children.
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We think that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.
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Republicans many times can't get the words 'equality of opportunity' out of their mouths. Their lips do not form that way.
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The other actresses, who are called my contemporaries, they started with a megastar. They were superstars overnight and are the same even today.
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For mascara, I'll just use whatever I have in my bag. I'll use anything. I feel like, from drugstores to a Saks, they are all the same to me.
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The 1950s would be my ideal decade because I'm actually very traditional; I enjoy being at home, and I'm a complete nester.
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How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.
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I think the most expensive thing I've bought thus far is my Rolex.
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I always wanted to be a writer. Maybe, had I been brought up in another generation, I might have just gone into writing rather than medicine - which is not to say that I didn't also have a great attraction towards the idea of being a healer. Fortunately, I've been able to combine the two in ways I could never possibly have imagined.
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I am the kind of person who does not like to carry baggage. In fact, I don't go back and listen to my own music. I believe in closing chapters and moving forward. That's what gives me peace.
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My mom and I have always been really close. She's always been the friend that was always there. There were times when, in middle school and junior high, I didn't have a lot of friends. But my mom was always my friend. Always.
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I think we respond well when we do something well.
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I feel like I should be more in touch with the nuances of this game.
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We need to become good citizens in the global village, instead of competing. What are we competing for - to drive more cars, eat more steaks? That will destroy the world.
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Women who give up their children for adoption are years and years later talking about how painful it was, much more than women who have abortions.
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Age is the first limitation on roles that I've ever had to encounter, and I hit that awhile ago.
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As a young man, I saw families prosper without reading because there were always sufficient opportunities for willing workers who could follow simple instructions. This is no longer the case. Children who don't read are, in the main, destined for lesser lives. I feel a deep sense of responsibility to change this.
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Can there not be a limit to the fact that really you need to cut your cloth in accordance with what capabilities and finances you have?
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I strongly believe that the Legislature should not be interfering in private medical decisions.
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Those that fight don't listen, those that listen don't fight.
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No advantages in this world are pure and unmixed.
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The irony is of course that my career has lasted a whole lot longer than some of the people I've parodied over the years.
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Practically the whole world depends on coral reefs, so if the coral reefs get all killed, then the ocean will start going out of whack, and if the ocean goes out of whack, something might happen on land.
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If you turned into a wolf, there's no reason why you'd become evil and start eating people, is there? You'd just be a wolf, run around, try to catch rabbits or something.
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I wouldn't sacrifice my business for no acting career because my business is something, ultimately, that I know I'm going to pass down to my kids, and that's most important to me than anything else in the world. I can't pass an acting career down to my children.
