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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The artist is the medium between his fantasies and the rest of the world.
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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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It's important for people to recognize that they shouldn't ignore symptoms like shortness of breath or a cough that won't go away, because these may be signs of COPD.
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People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news.
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'Magadheera' is a lovely film which can't be recreated.
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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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I love working for a company full of geeks.
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And certainly once a man begins to neglect his domestic duties he becomes painfully effeminate, does he not? And I don't like that. It makes men so very attractive.
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You see we're a country that talks about family values. But we haven't passed anything to help family values since the Family and Medical Leave Act. And the Family and Medical Leave Act was one of the first things I voted on when I came to Congress. It was very thrilling to me, because when my first child was born, I was terrified of being fired. When my second child was born, I was a member of the city council, and in some ways it was easier to respond to 250 constituents than it was to respond to one employer.
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You have to understand being an actress, and being an African American actress of a certain hue, I think that you have to be bold with your choices. Even when you're not bold with your choices, have people see it as bold.
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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
