Mary Pickford Quotes
Make them laugh, make them cry, and hack to laughter. What do people go to the theatre for? An emotional exercise. I am a servant of the people. I have never forgotten that.
Quotes to Explore
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I grew up being a dancer, so I was always doing some sort of dance number, like the Tornado in 'The Wiz.'
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We got orders to strike the Marshall and Gilbert Islands. We had a task force with the Enterprise. We had two or three cruisers and probably eight or 10 destroyers.
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Public humiliation comes to us all, and never so surely as when we're just a little bit pleased with ourselves and feel, just for once, that everything is going our way.
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When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.
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Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.
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Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.
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Working with Bruno Mars would be really awesome. I'm such a fan of his, and I love that he's a real artist.
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Jose Mourinho is a big star... he's cool.
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Most faults are not in our Constitution, but in ourselves.
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Don't compete with me: firstly, I have more experience, and secondly, I have chosen the weapons.
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In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always.
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Spending money is much more difficult than making money.
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It's almost an impossible thing to get a movie made that is written by two actors who want to star in it, when no one knows who they are. The only time it happened that I know of was when Sylvester Stallone did it in 'Rocky.'
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Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.
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I think happiness is a combination of pleasure, engagement and meaningfulness.
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More and more, we're used to taking things in through the eyes rather than through the ears, and opera is more of a spectacle.
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As you get older, you get different, and I'm a mushier, softer person as I get older.
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If it weren't for how esoteric the art world likes to be, I would love actually to play the music in the shows, painting the music that influences me most.
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Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author.
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I love Monopoly. You know why? When I play Monopoly with you, I'm going to buy everything from Baltic Avenue to Marvin Gardens. If you get to my side of the board, you'd better roll boxcars, or you're going to pay rent.
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My dad had a huge movie collection. So we all had a good sense of entertainment history. I was a Jack Lemmon fan more than most people from my generation.
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Make them laugh, make them cry, and hack to laughter. What do people go to the theatre for? An emotional exercise. I am a servant of the people. I have never forgotten that.
