Mary MacLane Quotes
I never give my real self. I have a hundred sides, and I turn first one way and then the other. I am playing a deep game. I have a number of strong cards up my sleeve. I have never been myself, excepting to two friends.
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I'm ready to stretch my legs. I'm ready to jump in the ring.
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I think that's what the most fascinating part of getting to know someone is - to see how they do things, and how their way of doing things is different from your way of doing things, and the fun of trying to do it their way and to see what value there is in looking at things from their perspective.
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I am completely in favour of dialogue and engagement. But it must be a true, open dialogue.
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I'm an actor, and I like having attention, I guess. There's a reason I like being on stage. There's a reason I like being in front of a camera. It's that interaction.
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You must always do what you feel is right.
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I've always believed that a good twist is one that, when it is presented to the audience, half of them say, 'I saw that coming.' And half of them are completely and totally shocked. Because if you don't have the half that saw it coming, then it wasn't fair: You never gave the audience a chance to guess it.
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I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
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Playing evil is just not interesting. I don't think anyone who does evil stuff thinks they're doing evil stuff. That's the scary part.
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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It should take you 15 minutes to make a song, and then get out of there.
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I longed to be bright and most certainly never was. I was rather hopeless, I suspect.
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Personally, becoming a mother has been such a rewarding and wonderful experience. However, at times it has also been a huge challenge. Even for me who has support at home that most mothers do not.
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I'm very fortunate to have gotten past the cancer problem.
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People ask how could I be so conservative. Well, I was born to people raised in 1889.
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People are really upside down. They want a government they can trust. They want one that's not going to raise their taxes by $15 billion and not lay off one state employee.
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Certainly, in Italy, nobody takes light for granted.
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I would much rather be a better mother or better human being than I would be a singer. Fortunately for me singing makes me a living.
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You don't want to be first, right? You want to be second or third. You don't want to be - Facebook is not the first in social media. They're the third, right? Similarly, you know, if you look at Steve Jobs' history, he's never been first.
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I like to buy a new fragrance for each film. I'll go out in the city where I'm filming and snap it up. The one I have for 'Into the Woods' is Terry de Gunzburg Flagrant Delice, which I bought in London.
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I've shown people what I can do and want to establish myself as a Premier League player.
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The condition of my skin changes often, depending on the season or if I'm traveling a lot.
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I don't want my children to be at a disadvantage, growing up in the limelight, because then they have to live up to an identity already cut out for them, relating all the time to being so-and-so's daughter or so-and-so's son.
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When I started acting, I was told over and over again, 'You're no good.' But I said to myself, 'You've got to keep it up.'
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I never give my real self. I have a hundred sides, and I turn first one way and then the other. I am playing a deep game. I have a number of strong cards up my sleeve. I have never been myself, excepting to two friends.
