Estelle Getty Quotes
The only time you'll see me as a Democrat is when I play Sophia. In the real world I'm a Republican from head to toe.
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I don't think I have a signature.
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I got into politics because I was tired of complaining.
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Creativity runs across many categories in life, from the arts-and-crafts project a mum or dad does with their kids, to the bestselling author's manuscript, to the designs of the hairdresser, to the creations of the computer programming genius.
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Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
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At no point am I ever threatened by people who question who I am, or why I like the things I do, or my legitimacy. Because I know who I am very strongly, and I think that's what geek culture can reinforce.
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I'm an honest, open father.
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I am thankful to the Nobel committee for recognising the plight of millions of children who are suffering in this modern age.
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The war on terror is the most insane and immoral war of all time. The Americans are doing what they did in Vietnam, bombing villages. But how can a civilised nation do this? How can you can eliminate suspects, their wives, their children, their families, their neighbours? How can you justify this?
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Global terror does not respect national boundaries.
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I'm very conscious of other people's opinions and of people not liking me.
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An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.
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I wish every woman would love herself and embrace what she was given naturally.
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Diplomacy in a sense is the opposite of writing. You have to disperse yourself so much: the lady who comes in crying because she's had a fight with the secretary; exports and imports; students in trouble; thumbtacks for the embassy.
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In life, I'm pretty low-key and quite non-descript.
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When more Chinese started coming after the Gold Rush, employed on large projects like the Pacific Railroad, anti-Chinese sentiment became shrill.
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What reader wants to be told what attitude to strike?
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I would like to spend my next two years showing how the aim of making technology available to every young person can be built into the effort to make our nation more secure. That is my latest concern and what I will be pushing over the next two years.
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That's the great thing about Apple: it's very focused on the things that we know how to do very well and not try to extend ourselves to areas that we know very little about or don't have a lot of expertise in.
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You start realising as you get older that there are some kids who don't know who you are.
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David Lynch and I almost made a movie together in the late '80s. We had lots of dinners and lunches. He's a very cool, hip guy. This film, let's face it, is like an homage to him, I would imagine he'd find it funny.
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I sit beside the fire and think of people long ago, and of people who will see a world that I shall never know.
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Look right through me, look right through me.
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We are on earth as extensions of God to finish the work He began. We are the essence of God, His on-going incarnation in the world.
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The only time you'll see me as a Democrat is when I play Sophia. In the real world I'm a Republican from head to toe.
