Maureen O'Hara Quotes
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Getting direct consumer revenue through movies or games or other culture products is something that we are very suitable for.
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A film is made in somebody's head - out of their determination to do it at all.
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What I loathe is the multi-national conglomerates who must take responsibility for the degradation and pollution of so much of our landscape with their factory farming and greed.
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Every artist says that he/she wants to do something challenging, and I'm not any different. If someone approaches me with a serious role, I'll be more than happy.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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I never knew motherhood could be so truly gratifying until I had Natasha.
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I don't think you can judge something without seeing it.
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A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
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I could write and help a lot of kids, or teach and help a few and go nuts.
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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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I'm very fortunate. I have a wonderful family, lots of hobbies and athletic pursuits. I always wanted to have a very well-rounded life.
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Intuition and concepts constitute... the elements of all our knowledge, so that neither concepts without an intuition in some way corresponding to them, nor intuition without concepts, can yield knowledge.
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All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
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I developed a deep sadness for celebrities, a pity that they often are caught in a plastic world that runs too hard and too fast, and that many times that world means destroyed relationships with everyone they know and love.
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I worked in rep for six years, then I came to London and to the National Theatre. What's better than that?
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The cost of living is going up and the chance of living is going down.
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Keyless entry in a car is something that we're used to. Somehow, the home has been very resistant to this. Some of it has to do with security, but today we know that technology, when things are invisible, is actually safer than physical artifacts.
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I don't really try to tell people whether they should fight. It's definitely not for everybody.
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I always liked having a good time. I got into this business because I got fired from any job I ever had because I stayed out late playing music.
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When I was a child and came with my elders to Galway for their salmon fishing in the river that rushes past the gaol, I used to look with awe at the window where men were hung, and the dark, closed gate.
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Acting is a job you can learn a lot in. You get to play lots of different characters with different professions and different backgrounds; they come from different places than you do, so it's really fun when you're immersing yourself in that world of that person to learn about how other people's lives are.
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The rules I sort of live by for my theater career, which I hope to live for my film career, is that if there's something that intrigues me or fascinates me, or I don't know how to do it, then I should do it.
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Some time ago, I told Larry King that I planned to live to be 102. I still do.
