Jane Byrne Quotes
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I started auditioning but at times would feel depressed, as I would get shortlisted but never received the final call. Only when the commercials were released would I come to know that I was not selected.
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Whether you listen to a piece of music, or a poem, or look at a picture or a jug, or a piece of sculpture, what matters about it is not what it has in common with others of its kind, but what is singularly its own.
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I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.
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No one has a name in 'The Road.' Like Cormac McCarthy's novel from which it's adapted, 'The Road' features characters such as the man, the boy, the wife, the old man and the veteran.
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I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected.
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The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty.
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Entrenched scriptural literalism is, in my opinion, completely out of touch with reality.
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I'd like to think you don't stop being creative once you get happy. My ultimate goal is to end up being happy. Most of the time.
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You have to relish the challenge of television.
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That's a beautiful thing. The more successful you are, the more people are going to come and be a part of music.
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I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.
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Pain is real when you get other people to believe in it. If no one believes in it but you, your pain is madness or hysteria.
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Men think a woman should not have an opinion.
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It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars.
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We want to be two-way players; that's the best thing.
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I'm actually not on Twitter.
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Let's face it, us '60s folks had pretty high expectations.
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I was a 'young adult' when I wrote 'The Outsiders,' although it was not a genre at the time. It's an interesting time of life to write about, when your ideals get slammed up against reality, and you must compromise.
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I just love the process of working with other actors.
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Job was what you'd technically describe as a loony.
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I'm not trying to get five medals. I'm not trying to be Michael Phelps.
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It used to be that whenever I introduced myself to people and told them I was a psychologist, they would shrink away from me. Because, quite rightly, the impression the American public has of psychologists is, 'You want to know what's wrong with me.'
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I pledge tonight to be Mayor for all of the people of this city - for one Chicago.
