Jeanine Basinger Quotes
In Beautiful, Mr. Shearer writes with humor and has fun with some of the glorious nonsense of Lamarr's movies.
Quotes to Explore
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Foreign policy should not be justified through making oneself feel good, but through results that have tangible consequences.
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Here's the deal with Matty Morrison: He is the most unassuming, nicest, most humble guy, who also happens to be extremely talented.
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I believe in the institution of marriage and it's like a tag to cement the relationship for your friends, family and public.
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The way children are taught football doesn't encourage skill; the focus is on other areas.
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My writing is a very authentic journey of discovery. I'm going out there to learn who I am. My readers, consequently, take the same journey as my protagonist.
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What in heaven's name is strange about a grandmother dancing nude? I'll bet lots of grandmothers do it.
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'RoboCop,' when that came out, was like the best comic book movie ever, and it's not based on a comic book.
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Raw fish suppers admittedly require a little planning, not least in the acquisition of the main ingredient.
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I really connect to strong feminist writers that make their ideas accessible for the rest of the world.
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It was hard for me to hear anyone saying they didn't like 'Billy Madison.'
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I did swimming, gymnastics, dance, and the acting was just a small part. I didn't have pushy parents; it wasn't forced upon me. They just said, 'See if you like it. If you do, great; if you don't, don't worry about it.' I was really fortunate to have that guidance and supportive parents.
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'Life as a Dog' is when I really started to feel comfortable, like I had the due north on my compass.
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It's hard enough to write a good drama, it's much harder to write a good comedy, and it's hardest of all to write a drama with comedy. Which is what life is.
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Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
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True Yankees fans know an up-and-coming player when they see one.
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Music is extremely intuitive, which acting too in a different way.
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I wasn't in school often enough to really belong to a 'clique,' but my friends all studied hard and got pretty good grades. They were good people with self-respect. I still like to be friends with people I admire something about; I really believe that we become like the people we're surrounded by, so I choose my friends carefully!
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I'm sure every designer has a certain person in mind who they would ideally like to wear their clothes, but the problem is that a lot of the time that person doesn't actually exist, unless she is a 15-year-old model.
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With Bound, we wanted to pull at conventions, because you begin to wonder, Why do these stereotypes exist? Where do they come from? You use that as the subtext.
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Compared to how I have raced before and how I have competed, the success that I have had, this does look like doom compared to it.
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These days, with 'American Idol' and all the other reality shows, young people become famous overnight, and that can be very difficult to handle, the way photographers follow you around and study your every move.
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When you start acting as a child, you grow up ahead of your movies.
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The charms of women were never more powerful never inspired such achievements, as in those immortal periods, when they could neither read nor write.
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In Beautiful, Mr. Shearer writes with humor and has fun with some of the glorious nonsense of Lamarr's movies.
