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've been working on this feature script for Master Class, a play by Terrence McNally that won a lot of Tonys.
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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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It's tricky, performing the show live. Because when you're in a big auditorium, in front of 700 people, the natural tendency is to want to talk louder. You want to project.
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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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I love music. I still play cello a few times a week.
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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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I've always tried to stay out of the fray and not be an object of controversy.
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People say that globalisation has negative aspects, but I don't believe globalisation is bad. It's criticised from a western perspective, but if you put yourself in the shoes of people in the developing world, it provides an unprecedented opportunity.
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We live in a world where the more you're working, the more things you do. It's a workaday world.
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Religion is an attempt to get control over the sensory world, in which we are placed, by means of the wish-world, which we have developed inside us as a result of biological and psychological necessities... If one attempts to assign to religion its place in man's evolution, it seems not so much to be a lasting acquisition, as a parallel to the neurosis which the civilized individual must pass through on his way from childhood to maturity.
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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.
