Jane Roberts Quotes
You usually think . . . that your feelings about a given event are primarily reactions to the event itself. It seldom occurs to you that the
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I don't feel I fit in with morning television because I'm like a vampire and I like to stay up late.
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Nine-tenths of tactics are certain, and taught in books: but the irrational tenth is like the kingfisher flashing across the pool, and that is the test of generals.
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When I was sixteen I started acting, and I also started to embrace my tradition and culture. I had a young medicine man interpret for me what it is to be an Indian. He really caught me at a good time because I was really vulnerable after the loss of my parents with all of the feelings of abandonment.
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In graduate school, Aubrey Berg at the Cincinnati Conservatory gave me the chance to perform with the best in the country in Broadway caliber productions.
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I don't have any formula. I just work with my heart, putting in a lot of hard work.
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I grew up in a very small town and didn't realise till later that I had an adventurous side. When I went to theatre school at 18, I came into my own and let loose.
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I think I didn't know whether I wanted to keep acting deep into my career. I kept trying to see if I would be able to do it well enough to make that part of my destiny or part of what I was supposed to do.
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Am I ambitious? I used to be afraid of that word but now I think ambition is a good thing.
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O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!
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It doesn't matter who they put in front of me, I just want people to remember me.
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We owe our success to them, and also to the fact that, as the saying goes, two 'Eds' are better than one.
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I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.
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If the presence of electricity can be made visible in any part of the circuit, I see no reason why intelligence may not be transmitted instantaneously by electricity.
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As I had visualized, 'Heroine' is shaping up to be a very contemporary film with a different premise and strata. This film, like most of my other films, is a blend of facts and fiction. The film has a larger span, more characters, and costumes... a journey that revolves around an actress's life and the showbiz.
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There is a great Man living in this country - a composer. He has solved the problem how to preserve one's self and to learn. He responds to negligence by contempt. He is not forced to accept praise or blame. His name is Ives.
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Thus let me live, unseen, unknown; Thus unlamented let me die; Steal from the world, and not a stone Tell where I lie.
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Perhaps the chief requirement of the conductor is that he be humble before the composer; that he never interpose himself between the music and the audience; that all his efforts, however strenuous or glamorous, be made in the service of the composer's meaning - the music itself, which, after all, is the whole reason for the conductor's existence.'
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Hungry men have no respect for law, authority or human life.
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I've always felt that sexuality is a really slippery thing. In this day and age, it tends to get categorized and labeled, and I think labels are for food. Canned food.
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I think that his Obama's task will be to develop an overall strategy for America in this period, when really a New World Order can be created.
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Life can only be lived once. Don't be afraid to show who you really are. If your true self bothers other people, that's their problem, not yours.
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I did a lot of Shakespeare touring when I was in college in Montana.
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One thing Drake is known for is putting out good, quality music. To acknowledge me and my music was all I needed to hear from anybody. Nobody could tell me anything after that.
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You usually think . . . that your feelings about a given event are primarily reactions to the event itself. It seldom occurs to you that the
