Ethel Barrymore Quotes
When life knocks you to your knees, and it will, why, get up! If it knocks you to your knees again, as it will, well, isn't that the best position from which to pray?
Quotes to Explore
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I had a high school sweetheart that was my first. We were together all through high school. I had just broken up with him because I didn't think I was good enough. He wanted to be an anesthesiologist. I wanted to be an entertainer. His life was more planned out, and mine wasn't.
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I think that we all stand on the dartboard of life. Roughly 30,000 people a year are going to catch a dart labeled pancreatic cancer, and that's unfortunate. It's not what I would have chosen. But I in no way feel like I deserved it.
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Notice the times in your life when you go above and beyond simply because you care so much.
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Mother had committed me for life. This is where I felt betrayed the most.
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I have a lot of different stages in my life when training has been easy or hard. Now, it seems that I have been training for so long that it has become almost second nature to me.
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I'm very laid back, easy. There's nothing better in life than seeing your kids do well.
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New experiences give you new perspectives on life.
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Both music and acting are huge parts of my life - it's all about balance.
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Every man's life is a fairy tale written by God's fingers.
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Be strong, believe in freedom and in God, love yourself, understand your sexuality, have a sense of humor, masturbate, don't judge people by their religion, color or sexual habits, love life and your family.
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Music is not a profession. Music is a way of life - one that requires much professionalism.
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You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.
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Perhaps it is fortunate that most heroes who die for their people cannot come back to see what the people do with that hard-bought life and freedom.
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The politics of the family are the politics of a nation. Just as the authoritarian family is the authoritarian state in microcosm, the democratic family is the best training ground for life in a democracy.
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To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
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I was always taught to be grateful, and so the question came early: What is there to be grateful for? Why is life supposed to be so good? That's still a question I try to answer all the time.
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There is something really nice about learning that you can take the reins of your life and your career.
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I treat my life as though I am on a tightrope.
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I'm an actor. My life as an actor depends on who sends me what. I'm just taking the best stuff that I can find that's sent my way, regardless of how big or little the paycheck is.
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Did you ever hear of a kid playing accountant - even if they wanted to be one?
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[a story he told fans each year at the Delaware County (OH) Fair Little Brown Jug Stakes for pacers, which as a devoted harness-racing fan he attended annually] I grew up in the city not far from a burlesque theater and my father cautioned me not to go there because I might see something I shouldn't see. So, of course, when I got old enough I went right in, and sure enough I saw something I shouldn't - my father!
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Laws assure animals of protection – formally, officially, set down in black and white. But in the long run, the best protection is the human heart.
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When life knocks you to your knees, and it will, why, get up! If it knocks you to your knees again, as it will, well, isn't that the best position from which to pray?
