Olivia De Havilland Quotes
I'm certainly relishing the idea of living a century. Can you imagine that? What an achievement.
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My secret dream has always been to be a jazz musician. I tried the saxophone for a year or two when I was younger, but unfortunately I had to face the fact that I was not really talented!
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Africa is not a fun place, you know. A fun place is somewhere that lifts the spirits, that cossets the senses. I don't think that can be said of the Africa I traveled in.
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A world free of nuclear weapons will be safer and more prosperous.
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Accordingly, globalization is not only something that will concern and threaten us in the future, but something that is taking place in the present and to which we must first open our eyes.
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I didn't follow big box office ideas. That eventually led me to witches. It's led me to find interesting roles.
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It was really weird dealing with the media. I had no idea how to handle it.
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Beauty at 70 years old isn't the same as beauty at 20 years old, but it is stunning nonetheless.
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Crime and the fear of crime have permeated the fabric of American life.
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Women must not shout back when their husbands come home and shout at them for any reason.
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If you don't see something as a career but as an important part of your life, you don't know how you're going to feel about it.
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A store is just a collection of content. The Steam store is this very safe, boring entertainment experience. Nobody says, 'I'm going to play the Steam store now.'
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I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.
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Great leaders have a heart for people. They take time for people. They view people as the bottom line, not as a tool to get to the bottom line.
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It's okay to be a fat man. It's prestige and power and all of that. But fat women are seen as just lazy and stupid and having no self-control.
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My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, 'You're tearing up the grass'; 'We're not raising grass,' Dad would reply. 'We're raising boys.'
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People don't want to pay 8 or 9 dollars to go see a problem that they have in their life, on screen. They pay to get away from that. That's why they watch soap operas.
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Nearly half of the American population is eagerly anticipating the end of the world. This dewy-eyed nihilism provides absolutely no incentive to build a sustainable civilization. Many of these people are lunatics, but they are not the lunatic fringe.
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When the dark days come, many wonderful moments, those will all seem dead and empty to you. It will take practice and even hard work to find the joy sometimes.
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I went around Coimbatore quite often while I was shooting for Velayudham. It's a fascinating place with a lot of energy.
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If women built the bridges or were meant to build the bridges, then they would have done it.
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I have to clean my room and unload the dishwasher, wash the pans, and feed the dogs.
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Doubt can motivate you, so don't be afraid of it. Confidence and doubt are at two ends of the scale, and you need both. They balance each other out.
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As a singer, you have to bring the soul to the song.
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I'm certainly relishing the idea of living a century. Can you imagine that? What an achievement.
