Edith Sitwell Quotes
Vulgarity is, in reality, nothing but a modern, chic, pert descendant of the goddess Dullness.
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The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
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The Supreme Court is not elected, and it is therefore not a proper arbiter of social policy.
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The best part of being blonde is forgivable momentary lapses of common sense.
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When people treat you mean, you dislike them for that, but not because of their person, who they are. I was born and raised in a segregated society, but when I left there, I had nobody I disliked other than the people that'd mistreated me, and that only lasted for as long as they were mistreating me.
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I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.
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I hate to tell you this, but there's an entire subset of people out there who think of me as quite a dull actor. And that's the word used, and often – dull.
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I'm very happy to co-produce a film like 'Srimanthudu.'
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Everything is creative. It's all relative to me. No matter what, you've gotta use your imagination, use your senses.
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I don't turn my nose up at anything. If it's a great part, it's a great part. I'd love to do a box-office hit.
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There have been times - and not just on 'The Newsroom,' but on 'The West Wing,' 'Sports Night,' 'Studio 60'... - where it was hard to look the cast and crew in the eye, when I put a script on the table that I knew just wasn't good enough.
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It's tricky, performing the show live. Because when you're in a big auditorium, in front of 700 people, the natural tendency is to want to talk louder. You want to project.
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Any time you got nothing to do - and lots of time to do it - come on up.
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You fall out of your mother's womb, you crawl across open country under fire, and drop into your grave.
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The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.
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I'm not really a food connoisseur.
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I studied at a grammar school and later at the University of Vienna in the Faculty of Medicine.
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is the major achievement of President Obama's first term.
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We put so much pressure on kids to excel in school at such a young age.
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I've talked to law enforcement officials at the state and local level who say that violence against women is going up. In any case, we think that it's an important issue whether it's going up or not. And we are determined to stop it.
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I can’t be twenty-two again. I can’t subject myself to the same compulsion that, at the time, appeared to me as freedom and gave me wings.
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Unfortunately, in the Hollywood way, respect comes in the form of a trophy a lot of the time.
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I love Robin Wright. Kristin Wiig! I love those two women.
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Vulgarity is, in reality, nothing but a modern, chic, pert descendant of the goddess Dullness.
