Jamie Lee Curtis Quotes
I believe that life is hard. That we all are going to walk through things that are hard and challenging, and yet advertising wants us to believe that it's all easy.
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The highest duty of the man is not to his father, but to his wife; and for the sake of that woman he abandons all other earthly ties, should any of these happen to interfere with that relation.
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And so there is no God but has been in the loins of past gods.
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Of course my parents are picky about the girls I date; my parents watch out for me.
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I wear the national dress because it is the most natural and the most becoming for an Indian.
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We are a country of artisans and a country of manufacturing. I think Japanese textile technology is the best in the world.
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If you don't know much about the field, you're able to ask a set of questions that an expert would never ask, and that allows you a very different thought process and a fresh approach.
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Mr. Balanchine wanted me to be myself. He didn't want me to look like anyone else. I love teaching our company dancers the Balanchine ballets. I try to give them what was passed down to me and what I learned from him. They dance it so beautifully. It also keeps me close to Mr. Balanchine. He's with me every single day.
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But all bubbles have a way of bursting or being deflated in the end.
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It is hard work to give life to new characters every single day. It is not as if I am God. I am just a tired, middle-aged woman trying to keep going.
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I like writers who seem to write because they have to. You get the feeling of this burning desire to tell a story. I find it in Peter Carey, Nicola Barker, Ali Smith and David Foster Wallace.
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When you have girl children, they torture you! If at any moment of the day I ever think I'm remotely cool at all, which is hardly ever, I have two daughters who make sure that never happens. They say, 'Mom, you didn't really wear that?' And I say, 'Yes, and pretty much everyone saw it.'
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When all the world appears to be in a tumult, and nature itself is feeling the assault of climate change, the seasons retain their essential rhythm. Yes, fall gives us a premonition of winter, but then, winter, will be forced to relent, once again, to the new beginnings of soft greens, longer light, and the sweet air of spring.
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Kids, don't be too big to accept advice.
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Belief is thought at rest.
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As an actor, you look for roles that can constantly challenge you and you can learn from.
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For art comes to you proposing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass, and simply for those moments' sake.
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Panama is a country that's been dealing with issues of identity since its very birth. It was born on Wall Street. It was born out of engineering construction. It was the canal. Because of the canal, the country was born, so the country has been divided into pro-canal and against-canal people for so long.
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Some guys just slip under the radar.
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Great men are the commissioned guides of mankind, who rule their fellows because they are wiser.
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Be bold and courageous. When you look back on your life, you'll regret the things you didn't do more than the ones you did.
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The secret of living a full life is to be fully engaged, moment to moment, to have something in your life that engages you so that there's nothing missing.
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And you find as a writer there are certain spots on the planet where you write better than others, and I believe in that. And New Orleans is one of them.
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I have not yet spoken my last word about women. I believe that if a woman succeeds in withdrawing from the mass, or rather raising herself from above the mass, she grows ceaselessly and more than a man.
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I believe that life is hard. That we all are going to walk through things that are hard and challenging, and yet advertising wants us to believe that it's all easy.
