Ernestine Rose Quotes
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I still draw a lot though. Ballpoint pen is my preferred medium.
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My parents came to see me in a play at Eton when I was 16. And then, when I said I wanted to try for drama school, they knew there was enough passion there for them to be brave and back me.
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I never left doo wop.
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All performances are different. I don't think it's necessary to compare one with another. I am just me playing the role of Lear. You're bound to get a Holm approach to it, whatever that may be. I just got out there and did it. I'm very much a doer in my acting.
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I had many, many mentors that I worked with. Music teachers, choir directors, directors in summer stock or in regional theater. You know, people I was able to work with repeatedly and learn from who were really sort of appropriate people for me to work with at a given time in my development as an actor.
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I still audition a lot and work really hard to get work. So I don't really walk around feeling like I've made it. My short term goals are really just to be creatively stimulated and to be excited about material I might be working on.
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It is pure mythology that women cannot perform as well as men in science, engineering and mathematics. In my experience, the opposite is true: Women are often more adept and patient at untangling complex problems, multitasking, seeing the possibilities in new solutions and winning team support for collaborative action.
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I've been a speaker. I've been a majority leader. I've been a minority leader. Those are the sort of things I don't need any more.
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Everybody denies I am a genius - but nobody ever called me one!
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It's good when you're getting points - you're obviously feeling confident.
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I draw pleasure in governance, in doing new things and bringing people together. That pleasure is all I need from life.
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How beautiful maleness is, if it finds its right expression.
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Being inspired is one thing, but completely knocking off a design is another. There is a big difference.
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I'm free from holding personal anger because I can express what I want through my music.
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My father was an air officer in the Second World War. My brother was a marine in Vietnam. When I was given this opportunity, I leapt at the chance because I thought it would be a hell of a lot more interesting than what my friends were doing.
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Some people find an interest in making money, and though they appear to be slaving, many actually enjoy every minute of their work.
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Famously, Anne Boleyn was not a beauty: she was more about quirkiness and an innate sensuality, and there are a lot of references to her eyes. Which sends out a great message for women, because life is not about the aesthetic all the time.
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One reason nearly half my books are for children is the glorious fact that the minds of children are still open to the living word; in the child, nightside and sunside are not yet separated; fantasy contains truths which cannot be stated in terms of proof.
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The really exciting focus here is the event and others like it that encourage, support and celebrate the enterprising innovation of pioneers working to give humanity wings.
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That was the source of my vanity and my cowardice: always I believed everyone was watching me.
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O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the Devil!
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Today, Negroes play on every big league club and in every minor league. With millions of other Negroes in other walks of life, we are willing to stand up and be counted for what we believe in. In baseball or out, we are no longer willing to wait until Judgment Day for equality - we want it here on earth as well as in Heaven.
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Peace will never be entirely secure until men everywhere have learned to conquer poverty without sacrificing liberty or security.
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What is life without liberty; and what is liberty without equality of rights?
