Merle Dandridge Quotes
I have a Manhattan club chair in dark espresso leather that I always read in. It's a place where I can contemplate other people's thoughts and stir my imagination.
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When I write, I create really absurd situations which become false because I am after the joke.
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I would rather be on the set than doing anything.
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If I was doing 'The Hunt' constantly, I would get very old, very fast.
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Politicians are so detested. And the main cause is not policy; it's the fact that there is no trust.
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I have always compared our traditions of liberty, like those of Abraham Lincoln and Ho Chi Minh.
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Jesus' own witness of sacrificial love and forgiveness, and his work to heal the sick and care for those in need, represent God's ways and vision for us.
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I like that Barack got that job.
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Luck is going to play a huge part in your life.
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Miley Cyrus is about making money. Amanda Palmer is about making art.
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Compared to dancing, films seemed to me to be the work of lay bums. There was no physical pain; it was enough to say and imagine what was in the script. It was very easy for me.
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I love flexing theater muscles. Television has merits as well, but there's no substitute for live theater.
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What's fascinating is that when you write a script, it's almost a stream of consciousness. You have an idea that it means something, but you're not always sure what. Then when you get on the set, the actors teach you.
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I let the whole 'Grease' experience be a springboard for me. I wanted to use the exposure I got from that very wisely to continue a successful career. It's taken a lot of work and perseverance.
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If this person slept with your girlfriend, she would never be attractive to you again.
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There aren't a lot of supernatural things that I'm scared or super terrified of, but clowns are definitely on that list.
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The early versions of 'Shell's Wonderful World of Golf' were great. It's sort of interesting: as it progressed, it became worse and worse, but the early versions were really fantastic with Jimmy Demaret and Gene Sarazen. They were classics.
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The cinema is not a craft. It is an art. It does not mean teamwork. One is always alone on the set as before the blank page. And to be alone... means to ask questions. And to make films means to answer them.
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Most men in this world are colored. A belief in humanity means a belief in colored men. The future world will, in all reasonable probability, be what colored men make it.
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Do not miss your children's childhood. Do not be away 200 nights a year as I was. Do not put strains on your marriage or family.
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I am like a ruined piece of parchment scrawled over and over again with your name, so many times it has become illegible.
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I have a Manhattan club chair in dark espresso leather that I always read in. It's a place where I can contemplate other people's thoughts and stir my imagination.
