Melvyn Douglas Quotes
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They don't call it the Internet anymore, they call it cloud computing. I'm no longer resisting the name. Call it what you want.
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I have some girls who I look back on and I think, 'Wow, they were really horrible to me.' I would love an apology from a few girls, but whatever. I'm not holding any grudges. I'm over it.
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Over the years, humans have managed to incorporate nearly every element, light and weighty, common and obscure, into our daily lives. And given how small atoms are and how many of them there are all around us, it's almost certain that your body has at least brushed against an atom of every single natural element on the periodic table.
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I get homesick.
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I think that, a lot of times in Hollywood pictures, the reality, the messy reality of women's lives - it's avoided, because I think people are just afraid of it. There's a standard that women are set to, to try to keep everybody comfortable.
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Working with Bill Cosby was incredible. I was lucky to be a part of that.
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Americans call them hillbillies, rednecks, or white trash. I call them neighbors, friends, and family.
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Hemingway was a jerk.
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Actors aren't all the same. They have very different skills. There are actors of intellect who are very thoughtful about everything they do... and then there are actors of instinct who don't know what they're doing until the cameras roll... My father was actually quite thoughtful about what he did, while my mother was much more instinctual.
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It is not that I don't like contemporary country music because I do. I love it. I have recorded a lot and have had great success recording records that have not been very traditional country records.
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Things were a lot simpler in Detroit. I didn't care about anything but boyfriends.
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Men who are not loyal to their wives are foolish.
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Young people are forced to mature sooner now than in the '40s. I was doing things at age 14 that guys in the movie were just beginning to do at 16 and 17.
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I love playing strong women, even if they're nuts.
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Rejoice! Rejoice!
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People seem good while they are oppressed, but they only wish to become oppressors in their turn: life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
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Most directors have little lists in their heads of people they really want to work with.
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The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions.
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I travel, a lot, to research the locales for the books. I have professional contacts that I can ask questions of or show them scenes to vet.
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I like a bit of a mongrel myself, whether it's a man or a dog; they're the best for every day.
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The audition process for 'Are You There, Chelsea?' was overwhelming and exciting. It was my first pilot season and one of the first pilots I auditioned for.
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The very first role I ever played was as a 17-year old South African girl who dreamed of being a star and left home to meet her mother in the big city so that she could pursue that dream. I left South Africa and met my mother in Vancouver and not long after that was given the opportunity to perform on the stage and have people chant my name.
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It don't take long to kill things. Not like it does to grow.
