Estelle Quotes
My favorite film involving scarves was little Edie in 'Grey Gardens.' I often wear scarves like that, under hats.
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I was shy. I was painfully shy, until fifth grade when I transferred to another school and befriended the class clown. And one day he was sick and I kinda stepped in for the class clown and I said, 'Wow, this is exciting, I'm a little bit nervous.'
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My job was to get a fair and open hearing to all ideas.
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It is very, very easy not to be offended by a book. You just have to shut it.
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No, you will never see me on 'Dancing With the Stars.' Sorry.
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I remember when 'The Right Stuff' opened in Hollywood. I got dressed that morning and drove my car down to the theatre that it was playing on, thinking that there would be mobs of people outside. When I looked, there was nobody there.
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To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
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I remember having my father stand over me when I had driven over my own foot; one leg was out of the car and one leg was in the car. He looked at me and told me that I was a drunk and that he was ashamed to call me his son. That night, I stopped drinking and I never drank again; I was twenty four.
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Fame is a delicate and dangerous creature; I saw people who didn't honor it, who refused to take responsibility for it, get destroyed by it. I also saw that stardom in and of itself was empty.
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The principle though remains the same, and the important thing is CBS fought hard, very hard, to protect that principle and will fight again.
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If anyone comes to me, I want to lead them to Him.
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In many of the things that people do, they themselves are the centre of attention, but they inscribe some other name on their banner.
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Great art is the expression of a solution of the conflict between the demands of the world without and that within.
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'Matterhorn' is my metaphor of the Vietnam War - we built it, we abandoned it, we assaulted it, we lost, and then we abandoned it again.
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The fashion I've acquired over the years is so sacred to me – from costumes to couture, high fashion to punk wear I've collected from my secret international hot spots. I keep everything in an enormous archive in Hollywood.
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In the world of reality the more beautiful a work of art, the longer, we may be sure, was the time required to make it, and the greater the number of different minds which assisted in its development.
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Old age is not a disease - it is strength and survivorship, triumph over all kinds of vicissitudes and disappointments, trials and illnesses.
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As an actor, the ambition is to play interesting characters. And in the indie genre world, the budgets are low. That allows me, as an actor, not to have a financial value behind my name, to justify me being in these bigger parts for these types of movies.
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Our abode in this world is transitory, our life therein is but a loan, our breaths are numbered and our indolence is manifest.
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Most forgers are caught because they tell the wrong person about what they do.
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I like Alaska for the salmon fishing - it's fantastic there. I usually stay in a log cabin with no one around for miles. I like to go with friends, but I'm also happy to be on my own with nature.
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Film and TV and stuff like that was something that I wanted to do when I was really, really little; like, I remember I used to do these plays with my cousins. We used to do Michael Jackson performances, and I would be Michael.
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I buy hats like women buy shoes. I have well over 150.
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Music or sound in a film is a character as important as another character.
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My favorite film involving scarves was little Edie in 'Grey Gardens.' I often wear scarves like that, under hats.
