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.
Quotes to Explore
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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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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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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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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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We should keep on going along the path of globalization. Globalization is good... when trade stops, war comes.
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A bicycle has transformed my experience of London.
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When I was seventeen, I worked as a counsellor at a co-ed sleep-away camp for eight weeks. I loved it but it could be harrowing - it was far too much responsibility for someone my age.
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In America, it stands out, because it's raw, it's big, it's emotional. My face is raw, big and emotional. It didn't work for the longest time.
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Naturally, it was easier for me to envision becoming a novelist than it is for most people. I had two great in-house teachers; I had parents who considered a career in the arts a real possibility rather than a dreamy arrow shot into the sky.
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I'm not someone who's led my life trying to get publicity; I'd rather do my work and go home.
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I don't want to treat my little girl like she's made out of glass or wrap her in bubble wrap or anything! And I also don't want to be constantly correcting her or warning her. Or my least favorite, reprimanding her.
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Memory is the thing you forget with.
Alexander Chase -
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.
