Maude Adams Quotes
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I liked 'Scream of the Banshee' because it was a real challenge. I thought, 'How am I going to pull off this character?' But, I also thought, 'Oh, man, I'm going to go for it.' He's got all the defects of character that an actor loves to play. So, I had a really great time.
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Live theater to me is much more free than the movies or television.
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I'm the guy that has written at great length about exactly how we should profoundly reform Social Security. If I were afraid of going after entitlements, I wouldn't have done that, I wouldn't have put Medicaid reform in this budget, I wouldn't have called for the reductions in spending, which people will scream about, but I think are necessary.
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What's great about working on a sitcom is that I spend so much time with people who are in other fields as well, such as writing, directing, and/or camera operating. Being on set is like being on a playground. I go from one thing to the next, and I've learned so much and hope to continue learning.
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I don't think good and evil are polarized.
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I am proud to have played a small part in ensuring that no veteran's heroic service will be cast aside due to prejudice.
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Venus favors the bold.
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I think my novel, 'Walden Two,' has made people stop and look at the culture they have inherited and wonder if it is the last word or whether it can be changed.
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My tastes and inspirational artists were always rather eclectic and diverse.
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In 1996, Al Jazeera was the first TV station in the Arab world to allow Israelis to appear on the screen and express their views and address the Arab world. Before that, Arab broadcasters did not allow what was perceived as the enemy to appear on the screen.
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When they tried me out as a host on TV, I found that I just couldn't be that gregarious person. I was stranger than that.
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Everyone is just nicer to prettier people.
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Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.
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All of the charities we're involved with have touched me in one way or another on a personal level. There are about eight or nine charities that I support.
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I'm from a very small village in the middle of nowhere, four hours by airplane from Moscow. Yemanzhelinsk - you wouldn't find it on the map. Don't even try it. It's super, super tiny.
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If you take a frozen box and stick it in the microwave, you become connected to the factory. We've forgotten who we are.
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I don't want to smoke on screen, as I will be sending a wrong message to my fans, and I appeal to my costars too, to avoid smoking scenes if possible.
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I'm very pro-American - my entire family escaped poverty in Italy because they rightly believed in the American dream.
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In'ards, n. pl. The stomach, heart, soul, and other bowels.
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Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance.
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We who are of mature age seldom suspect how unmercifully and yet with what insight the very young judge us.
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They're trying to tell us that we're not right, so we have to buy their products. The number one cause of mental illness is not knowing who you are and you can't know who you are if you don't spend time honoring yourself, and living in the present.
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Is that the basis of friendship? Is it as reactive as that? Do we respond only to people who seem to find us interesting?... Do we all buzz or ring or light up when people press our vanity buttons, and only then? Can I think of anyone in my whole life whom I have liked without his first showing signs of liking me?
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You may shelve your Shakespearian plans for the present. I am going to play Peter Pan.
