Gene Tierney Quotes
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No man ever quite believes in any other man. One may believe in an idea absolutely, but not in a man.
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Every member in Congress has a seat, and they deserve a seat at the table.
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I'm going to get hated for saying this, but honestly, fantasy is easy to write because you can do anything. It's like when Raymond Chandler brings in a bloke with a gun when he's stuck - in fantasy, up pops a wizard, and off we go.
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I'm from working-class, blue-collar America, and I don't believe that people in that socioeconomic strata wait until they're 40 to have children.
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I grew up as a child living 'Red Dawn.' I was leaping out of spider holes, mowing down Russkies at the age of eight.
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I don't drink coffee.
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The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems.
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The stage is a place where I can be wholly myself. Even though you're in front of people almost to be judged, it is a place without judgement.
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The biggest thing for me with charity is awareness. Obviously as an athlete, I have an opportunity to make people more aware. The average person doesn't have that opportunity, so the best way is to spare some money, clothing, food - something. Most of us have a little excess of something that we can give.
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I contribute my best in my sport and I also have a ton of respect for myself and my family.
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The influence of one's parents is powerful and permanent.
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I kind of got more interested in writing after I turned in my last college essay and nobody was going to tell me what kind of academic papers to write anymore. I could write whatever I wanted, and I realized that I actually liked it when I could choose what I would write.
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When I was in my late twenties, a friend suggested that, since I was an avid SF reader and had been since I was barely a teenager, that since it didn't look like the poetry was going where I wanted, I might try writing a science fiction story. I did, and the first story I ever wrote was 'The Great American Economy.'
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Movies, I don't really get the bad guys. In theater, I get more bad guys. Both audiences and directors are more willing... to allow people to stretch. In movies, you do one thing, and then that's their reference.
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If I have committed any culinary atrocities, please forgive me.
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All chefs are like Jewish mothers. They want to feed you and feed you and impress you. It's an eagerness to please.
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I had a Stuart Davis poster growing up.
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This President is going to lead us out of this recovery.
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I went to a French school, so we didn't study Bram Stoker there. I just thought it was a genius thing.
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What is deferred is not avoided.
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I've been driving race cars professionally for a while: 200 mph types of things.
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I'm used to the fact that the world views movie actors as personalities. I'm in the extremely fortunate position of making a living at something I'm passionate about. It's all about choices. By the nature of what I do, I make a choice. I invite them in.
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You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.
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The Howard Hughes I knew began to change after his plane crash in 1941.
