Brooke Shields Quotes
I'm just starting to realize the type of work that I want to do. Not everyone can fit into the sitcom world because it's so fast-paced, but it feels comfortable to me.
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Time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
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Awards don't really mean much.
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The mere process of growing old together will make the slightest acquaintance seem a bosom friend.
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I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.
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I like to do everything myself - I'm very hands-on with my housekeeping, my children, travelling, how I do things.
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In 1958, my father invested everything he had in a business venture and became the largest automobile dealership in Chicago for Ford's new Edsel line. But Edsel sales plummeted and my father fell into bankruptcy. I watched him struggle; working long hours to protect us from poverty.
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You have to interpret what's hot to make it work on yourself. If tweed suits are in, but you're not a suit kind of girl, wear the jacket with jeans and a pair of Converses.
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We have to embrace the good over the bad. That has to be one's personal project.
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I did Our Daily Bread for King and that made me popular in the Soviet Union; King was amused by that.
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The Bay of Bengal is hit frequently by cyclones. The months of November and May, in particular, are dangerous in this regard.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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The relationship with time changes when you're captive.
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Everything has a purpose or premise. Every second of our life has its own premise, whether or not we are conscious of it at the time. That premise may be as simple as breathing or as complex as a vital emotional decision, but it is always there.
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To be honest with you, a lot of directors can be very lazy.
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I don't look like a desert person because I stay indoors most of the day and fool around at night. That's what the desert animals do - they don't have a tan either.
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Embrace the grease, if any, and look fresh and human. I like to look like a glazed doughnut.
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I can't give you a brain, but I can give you a diploma.
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When you make a movie, it's up to so many things and so many people.
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My mother was the first African-American policewoman in Seattle - recruited, actually - and she did it for only 2 years, as she did not want to carry a gun. She worked mostly on domestic disturbances. The NAACP wanted her to do it. She did not actually have the temperament to be a cop - she was very sweet. She had a Masters in social work.
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The great creator from his work returned Magnificent, his six days' work, a world.
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In this era of non-judgmental mush, too many Americans have become incapable of facing the brutal reality of unprovoked hatred, based on envy, resentment and ultimately on a vicious urge to lash out against others for the pain of ones own insignificance. That has been a common thread in things as disparate as ghetto riots, two world wars, and now Islamic terrorism.
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Clinton's hands remain incredibly clean, don't they, and Tony Blair's smile remains as wide as ever. I view these guises with profound contempt.
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In spite of reports about playing with various teams, I'm enjoying retirement with my family and have no plans to play football.
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I'm just starting to realize the type of work that I want to do. Not everyone can fit into the sitcom world because it's so fast-paced, but it feels comfortable to me.
