Mary Astor Quotes
The boys had learned that laughter stilled anxiety. It cleared away mystery. If you could laugh at something, it erased its importance.

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I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
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I don't have a connection to the fashion world at all.
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I enjoy mediation. I think the artist's position is often to mend the things we feel are broken. Whether that's between two cultures or two thoughts. We're always trying to reach, trying to expand something.
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I really like funny women. I'm drawn to women like Tina Fey and Amy Poehler and Kristen Wiig, Amy Schumer. They're writers, they're producers, they're actresses. They're brilliant, funny, excellent women.
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Time is the ultimate long tail. Even with a big wad of money up front, if something sells forever, the back end is what ultimately counts.
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Criticism in the universities, I'll have to admit, has entered a phase where I am totally out of sympathy with 95% of what goes on. It's Stalinism without Stalin.
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We cannot afford to leave the poor behind.
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Wrestling in Japan, obviously, the fans are a little bit different - very quiet, very respectful in New Japan - but here in the WWE, these fans are going nuts.
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I grew up thinking it was wonderful to be big and strong and to be able to knock down other children in the playground if I needed to. But I never felt the need.
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I left for Petersburg in August, 1871 and stayed there until 1879.
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Even Colin Powell who was everywhere before he became secretary of state, just stopped going out. I think part of it was he didn't want to be viewed suspiciously by the other people in the White House who rarely go anywhere.
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I never go on a run when I don't think of my dad, where I don't think about how powerful his legs were and what happened because, unfortunately, he didn't take care of himself.
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Whenever people ask me what the story is for my next film, I won't tell and people feel it's because I'm being secretive or something, but it's actually because I'm ashamed to sum up a film in three sentences.
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Every character I approach, from 'Forrest Gump' all the way up to 'The Spoils Before Dying,' has a different set of requirements and always fascinates me.
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Enjoy your food, enjoy your life.
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Poor people have more fun than rich people, they say; and I notice it's the rich people who keep saying it.
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Human history in essence is the history of ideas.
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Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
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Where there is no law there is no freedom.
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I feel that I'm leaving Williamstown too early, but I'd rather leave too early than too late.
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What quarterback doesn't like some speed on the outside?
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I'm perfectly honest, I've never seen Twilight, I've never seen The Vampire Diaries, and I've never seen True Blood, or anything like that.
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Most women put off entertaining until the kids are grown.
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The boys had learned that laughter stilled anxiety. It cleared away mystery. If you could laugh at something, it erased its importance.