Douglas Bader Quotes
We were all flying around up and down the coast near Dunkirk looking for enemy aircraft which seemed also to be milling around with no particular cohesion.
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Clinton has more important things to worry about. He not only risks being destroyed historically, like Afghanistan's Buddha statues; he also could end up going to jail.
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We are two brothers: I am a doctor; my brother is an engineer.
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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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I really miss things like going to football games and pep rallies, and when I come home to Tulsa, I always try to go to those things.
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I went from buying my own condominium and a car for myself when I was 17 on 'The Facts of Life' to not being able to pay my rent. I was at the unemployment office all the time. I had to sell my record collection just to make ends meet. And then I started getting these voice-over jobs.
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I can't take the theater side out of myself.
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World War II was a decisive time in our history and June 6, 1944, marked the decisive moment of the war.
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Skepticism is an important historical tool. It is the starting point of all revision of hitherto accepted history.
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Frankly, we actresses are so much in a hurry. We feel we have very few years to shine in our career, so we neglect our personal life. But for me, both aspects are equally important. I don't want to grow old and have regrets.
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To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.
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However wack anyone thought 'Whatzupwitu' was, there's not a lot of people that have footage of themselves dancing around in the clouds with Michael Jackson. I do have that forever.
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The best part of being a vegan is the purity and peace of mind one experiences and the strong connection I feel to the animal kingdom.
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While I did not get any formal training in acting, every summer vacation, from the age of five, my father would take me to Ooty with him, and I would do films as a child star. I did over 10 films like that, and it was understood that post finishing my education, I would become an actor.
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My grandmother knitted me a crochet top when I was 15. I still fit into it and will never give it away.
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I didn't grow up in a wealthy family at all. Being at home all day and watching movies, that was a luxury.
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The initial spark, your affection for the characters, all those things can disappear. It's a perilous thing.
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Don't flatter yourselves that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. On the contrary, the nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.
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The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.
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I am an actor who doesn't believe in carrying an 'image' in the industry. I don't want to get trapped in an image.
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How do you open up? I didn't know how to.
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You worry about whether you are match-fit, coming back to the stand-up stage.
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'M. Butterfly' is usually the answer to the question, 'What has been your favorite experience?' The reason being, it is an astonishing play.
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The only thing that made its way to actually happen for me was acting. I love it, and I love being on set. I love being in rehearsal for things and telling stories. It's what I feel I am supposed to be doing.
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We were all flying around up and down the coast near Dunkirk looking for enemy aircraft which seemed also to be milling around with no particular cohesion.
