Melina Mercouri Quotes
We say to the British government: you have kept those sculptures for almost two centuries. You have cared for them as well as you could, for which we thank you. But now in the name of fairness and morality, please give them back.
Quotes to Explore
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I think from a very young age I always have this desire to perform.
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Often when I feel I am reaching a saturation point in my performances, I think of coming back to NSD and attending workshops.
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You need to impress me, outwit me, compete with me? Go ahead, knock yourself out, I have no problem with that at all.
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Most Americans are more concerned about the economy and job creation. And they can't understand why the Obama administration or the Democrat majority in Congress wants to pass a bill like the cap-and-trade tax that will cost us jobs, that will hurt our economy, that will drive up costs for families, as well as for small businesses.
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My daughter said, 'I don't think granddad really suits you.'
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I do find that it's easier to get Latino-themed movies... but I don't think there's that stigma anymore. I think that what's harder is to be a woman, not to be a Latina.
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I don't do things that are illegal.
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If time were the wicked sheriff in a horse opera, I'd pay for riding lessons and take his gun away.
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I'm half living my life between reality and fantasy at all times.
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My brother's 21 years older than me, so I grew up doing more adult things. Like listening to old music.
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The West has always been the epicentre of possibility. One of the ways we forge against mortality is to head west. It's to do with catching the sun before it slips behind the horizon.
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I love New York. I can walk half a block and I'm at the grocery store. I don't have to drive anywhere.
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I was a total fashion insider who became an outsider when I did bridal.
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You can go to work and actually make someone else's job less miserable. Use your job to help others.
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Being at ease with not knowing is crucial for answers to come to you.
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A dangerous person to disagree with.
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He is not only dull himself, but the cause of dullness in others.
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I used to think that myself and my songs were the same thing. But I don't believe that any more. There's myself and there's my song, which I hope is everybody's song.
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Lois: Good coffee, huh?Emma: Lois, I think you're a very attractive woman and I'd like to sleep with you.Lois: chokes Gak! Ahem! You don't - coff - fool around, do you?Emma: No, but I'd like to.
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I race historic muscle cars back in Australia, and that's my hobby. And I try to race home as soon as I've finished a movie but don't tell anyone.
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In the matter of learning, the difference between the earnest and the careless student stands out clearly. The same holds true in the mastering of passion and the weaknesses to which our nature is subject, as in the acquiring of virtue.
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It was fortunate in looking back for South Africa and its entire people that Mandela and I found it possible to work together even though big strains developed between us from time to time.
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What about my brain? What about my heart? What about my kidneys and my gallbladder?
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We say to the British government: you have kept those sculptures for almost two centuries. You have cared for them as well as you could, for which we thank you. But now in the name of fairness and morality, please give them back.
