Peggy Lipton Quotes
Fame really drove me into my house. I was very paranoid. I didn't like going out. I had no idea how to be comfortable with the press. I was very young. It was really hard for me.
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The Afghans themselves say that if you put two Afghans in a room, you get three factions.
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A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy.
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Everybody gets dressed every day, and whatever you decide to get dressed in that morning is communicating something.
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There are things I take sides about, like capital punishment, which it seems to me there is only one side about: it is evil. But there are two or three sides to sexual harassment, and the moment you get into particular cases, there is injustice in every conceivable direction. It's a mess.
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There's a whole element of human interaction and character interaction that I really enjoy doing.
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My first album was completed in three months.
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I would never belong to any club that excluded anybody for race.
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Hungary is, in a word, in a state of WAR against the Hapsburg dynasty, a war of legitimate defence, by which alone it can ever regain independence and freedom.
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They got word that the Japanese planes were coming back, so we sunk her ourselves so the Japanese wouldn't get it. We didn't want the Japanese to get it intact.
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Obama was expected to restore an ethical sheen to post-9/11 foreign policy, but he has intensified drone warfare in Yemen and Pakistan, pursued whistle-blowers, and failed to close down Guantanamo.
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'Heroine' is about a declining and imbalanced superstar - a very brave and bold role. I wanted to test whether I could carry a role like this. I have given 200 per cent to this role. She's a very complex character, very aggressive, manipulative and bold, yet she's very fragile.
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It wasn't on my agenda, but the thing about getting important awards is it makes the adventure of your career have a little more possibility. I think just what's happened so far is already making the opportunities more interesting, even though I'm at the twilight of my career of like 48 years.
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Near the end of my career, I saw things that didn't make too much sense to me when I was a kid.
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I try to avoid conflict. I don't want people to be unhappy.
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When I was young, I'd fight everyone who insisted I'd be an actress. I'd say, 'No way. I'm going to be a veterinarian. I'm going to work at Wetzel's Pretzels.'
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The thing is that pictures are everywhere. The question is what we don't see, and why don't we see so much. I just see it.
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I worry about everything in the world, and it's just too much for anybody to think about, so I have my art as my consolation.
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It's beneficial to play against your type; to be chameleon-like.
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Never mistake the enthusiasm of the minority for the support of the majority.
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I keep social with everyone because I want to know what's going on at every level. At the same time, if I'm not alone a certain amount of time per day then I'll go nuts, because I can't write and I can't think. I can't deal with people all the time. I like being alone. I'm a bit of a cat lady in that way.
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Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I'm the only person standing between Richard Nixon and the White House.
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You know, on the road, I never miss a meal. I eat five, six, seven times a day, depending on when I wake up and when I got to sleep. I never miss a training day. I always get my four days out of my seven.
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Fame really drove me into my house. I was very paranoid. I didn't like going out. I had no idea how to be comfortable with the press. I was very young. It was really hard for me.
