Patty Duke Quotes
Actors take risks all the time. We put ourselves on the line. It is creative to be able to interpret someone's words and breathe life into them.
Quotes to Explore
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While it may be true that the UAE has been an ally since the September 11, 2001, attacks, the American people know it has also harbored and aided some of the al Qaeda agents who were involved in that attack.
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After the success of my first album and the success of 'Flow Joe' kind of faded, I was struggling to make some money and make ends meet.
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The main thing for me is to make sure our home is peaceful, that it's healthy, that the kids are good.
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Weddings are really good for making you feel terrible about yourself if you're not where you want to be in life.
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In a summer marked by instability in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, I know the world also took notice of the small American city of Ferguson, Missouri - where a young man was killed, and a community was divided. So yes, we have our own racial and ethnic tensions.
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You have to realize that up until about 1959, Africa was dominated by the colonial powers. And by the colonial powers of Europe having complete control over Africa, they projected Africa always in a negative light - jungles, savages, cannibals, nothing civilized.
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I had a lovely childhood. For family holidays, we went as far as the car could take us - we would drive to Florida, even though it would take three days. I didn't know we didn't have a lot of money because there was always food on the table. I didn't have a lot of stuff, but I did figure skating for a long time, and I always had my skates.
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We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.
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I don't normally take to Yorkshiremen.
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I consider everybody who takes themselves seriously to be a little bit off. And Silicon Valley seems to be the most effusive about how important their contributions are to society.
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I don't need fame and I don't need power and I don't need wealth. I'm in need of friends, which I have found in abundance.
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I think one reason my books have found mainstream success is that they're written from a skeptical point of view.
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Much as my Boomer friends will hate me for saying this, Kanye West is the New Dylan. Not only do Kanye's best lyrics match Dylan's prescience, highly inventive word-play and genius for storytelling, his indefatigable cockiness eerily channels Muhammad Ali.
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There is always a type of man who says he loves his fellow men, and expects to make a living at it.
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If you want to make change, 'Show me how' can be a stronger, more effective approach than 'Just say no.' That's what I think.
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You can show me some stick ice cream and I can tell you if it's good or not just looking at it.
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An English journalist called Michael Viney told me when I was 25, that I would write well if I cared a lot what I was writing about. That worked. I went home that day and wrote about parents not understanding their children as well as we teachers did, and it was published the very next week.
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Collectivism and freedom are mortal enemies. Only one will survive.
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One shouldn't get carried away by styling, as it can be a double-edged sword. The person should have it in him or her to carry it off.
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I respect the British a lot - their history, their past, their culture. I think it's beautiful, what they have with the monarchy.
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As I get older, I find that wearing bright colors cheers me up.
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I have grown up alone. I've taken care of myself. I worked, earned money and was independent at 18.
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We name time when we say: every thing has its time. This means: everything which actually is, every being comes and goes at the right time and remains for a time during the time allotted to it. Every thing has its time.
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Actors take risks all the time. We put ourselves on the line. It is creative to be able to interpret someone's words and breathe life into them.
