Robert Vaughn Quotes
When you're a guest star on TV shows - particularly in the 1960s - you're always the villain.
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It hasn't really made it easier getting film work. It's not like I can call up a studio or a producer and say - insert haughty voice here - 'It's Parker. I guess you might know me as the indie queen. I'm wondering if you have any projects for me to be in.'
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I understand them. I understand where they came from, what their lifestyle was there. But my parents didn't push us to be like them. They said do whatever you think right, but remember the important things in life.
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Growing up, I've enjoyed hunting with my father.
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So to me, fat just seems to be right to the point and the most descriptive way to say it.
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We rarely grow when we're happy, we grow when we hurt.
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The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.
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The right of petition, I have said, was not conferred on the People by the Constitution, but was a pre-existing right, reserved by the People out of the grants of power made to Congress.
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I'm doing what I wanted to do since I was a young girl. I pinch myself every day to make sure it's true.
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I am one of the 11.5% of New Yorkers who remain traumatized by the events of September 11.
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All men are born equally free.
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The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more it has gained in reputation and appeal in domestic affairs, specifically in the matter of revolution.
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I am not an academic who happens to have written a novel. I am a novelist who happens to be quite good academically.
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When I finally make up my mind that I want to do something, it's never been hard for me to do.
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The tsar [Nicholas II] is not treacherous but he is weak. Weakness is not treachery, but it fulfils all its functions.
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Piano playing is more difficult than statesmanship. It is harder to awake emotions in ivory keys than it is in human beings.
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We must surrender ourselves so utterly that we can never own ourselves again. We must hand over self and all its rights in an eternal covenant, and give God the absolute right to own us, control us and possess us forever.
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Great teachers are usually a little crazy.
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I'm lucky. As soon as I open my mouth, people see I know what I'm talking about, and when I leave the room, I think most say, 'She's OK.'
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When I left EastEnders, I could have earned an absolute fortune from sexy calendars, shoots for lads' mags, fitness videos and reality shows. But I always turned them down.
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There are so many shows out there, so you really need to work hard to separate yourself and cut through the static.
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When you're a guest star on TV shows - particularly in the 1960s - you're always the villain.
