Don Marquis Quotes
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I spend my own money, not other people's money.
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For me, the greatest good fortune I have being raised by actors is I came in knowing that a career is the ebb and flow.
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I play Nitin Sawhney's 'Letting Go' repeatedly, nonstop. I find it transformative. I'm so glad iPods were invented so I didn't have to drive everyone around me mad with the repetition.
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is more interesting, I usually start thinking about Spencer Tracy and Fred Astaire. They seem to be the most clear actors when working with women.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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It is one thing to go on stage and be funny or be in a good place in your career, but for a woman, actually facing the elements in a physical way is a very powerful thing.
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I have got to the point in my life when a lot of people I know have died or are dying, so I realise that somewhere outside the pearly gates is a queue, shuffling nearer and nearer to the celestial box office.
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Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.
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I'd been touring for so long, seven years. For a year and a half I'd just been curious about what it was like not to tour. It's like if you were to lift a 100-pound barbell with your right arm for seven years, eventually you'd get really curious about what your left arm was capable of.
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The majority of meetings should be discussions that lead to decisions.
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A woman caring for her children; a woman striving to excel in the private sector; a woman partnering with her neighbors to make their street safer; a woman running for office to improve her country - they all have something to offer, and the more our societies empower women, the more we receive in return.
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I'm all over the place, and I consider myself a bit of a scrounger: 'What will I do next, so I'm not broke?'
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I know there is pain when sawmills close and people lose jobs, but we have to make a choice. We need water and we need these forests.
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Oh, I'm quite the impulse buyer. Most of what I buy is stuff for my Jeep, 'cause it breaks down a lot.
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One of the recent love stories I enjoyed was Bhaskar's 'Bommarillu.'
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True character arises from a deeper well than religion.
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In some ways, technology keeps on enhancing us, and we embrace it.
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Apart from earning an awful lot of money, why would you go to Hollywood?
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Economy is too late when you are at the bottom of your purse.
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We need to reject any politics that targets people because of race or religion. This isn't a matter of political correctness. It's a matter of understanding what makes us strong. The world respects us not just for our arsenal; it respects us for our diversity and our openness and the way we respect every faith.
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It kills me when people talk about California hedonism. Anybody who talks about California hedonism has never spent a Christmas in Sacramento.
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I think the most destructive thing is fear: when people don't want to say what they think.
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An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it.
