Donna McKechnie Quotes
Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon intimidated us all because she walked in and was going to be the dance captain. She was a great star, but she loved that kind of work as his assistant.
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Our children will outwit us if they want; for when it comes to technology, they hold the higher ground. Unlike other tools passed carefully and ceremonially from one generation to the next - the sharp scissors, the car keys - this is one they understand better than we do.
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As a unique person, I was bullied badly as a teen.
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Verse in itself does not constitute poetry. Verse is only an elegant vestment for a beautiful form. Poetry can express itself in prose, but it does so more perfectly under the grace and majesty of verse. It is poetry of soul that inspires noble sentiments and noble actions as well as noble writings.
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In the last four years, I heard the same thing over and over again from people: 'We've had enough,' 'Our country is drifting,' 'We've lost our way.'
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My personal view is that I am opposed to the death penalty.
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I'm not very good in crowds, so I usually try to become as small as possible.
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I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.
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I'm not so sure I believe in dopplegangers. I just prefer to be Dane DeHaan.
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Don't bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid.
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I've been a Dolphin for 17 years, and I'll be a Dolphin for the rest of my life. That will never change.
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One hazard of our job on TV is people are always checking us out and noting every pound we've gained or haven't quite lost.
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Finally we are a nation with some conscience. It means alliances are extremely important when they're based on a national interest. We have to have the ability to sustain our presence within those alliances.
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One of the unsung freedoms that go with a free press is the freedom not to read it.
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I did two or three plays every summer.
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To be under occupation, to be under siege, is not a good inspiration for poetry.
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Maybe I should write 'Tiger Who?' on my cap.
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I had almost three acres of land in Beverly Hills. And I had a big atrium of chickens because I love that feeling of being in the country and living from the soil.
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Radical Islamists spread from Western Africa through the Middle East, all the way to South Asia to sub-Indian continent.
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A prating barber asked Archelaus how he would be trimmed. He answered, 'In silence.'
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Small museums are great. Big museums are a drag.
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I think people should know more of Africa in terms of its joie de vivre, its feeling for life. In spite of the images that one knows about Africa - the economic poverty, the corruption - there's a joy to living and a happiness in community, living together, in community life, which may be missing here in America.
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I love words. Sudoku I don't get into, I'm not into numbers that much, and there are people who are hooked on that. But crossword puzzles, I just can't - if I get a puppy and I paper train him and I put the - if all of a sudden I'd open the paper and there's a crossword puzzle - 'No, no, you can't go on that, honey. I'll take it.'
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For people who mourn for old Times Square - hey, there's a ton of places in the city still like that! Get on the train and go visit them!
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Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon intimidated us all because she walked in and was going to be the dance captain. She was a great star, but she loved that kind of work as his assistant.
