Ethel Barrymore Quotes

I never let them cough. They wouldn't dare.

Ethel Barrymore

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• I have had a lot of good things happen, but I've also had a lot of terrible things happen.

  

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• I've always thought it was important not to attach too much superstition to the space where you're writing, because once you get into the mindset that you can only do it a certain way in a certain place, your creativity can get blocked.

  

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• The best advice is often the compliments received, and they are often about an associate who did something exceptional. I tell my teams that it's the random acts of kindness, the unexpected, that people remember most.

  

  Barry Sternlicht
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• We got offers to make sequels to both 'Shaun of the Dead' and 'Hot Fuzz,' and they never really interested us because we like having these endings where it seems very final but could hint at some kind of future adventure that you'll never see.

  

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• I like movies that leave you with something to think about, to discuss, to debate, you know?

  

  Viggo Mortensen
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• As far as I'm concerned, nothing has changed. One thing I always know about Jerry, he is absolutely trustworthy and always doing the best that he can.

  

  Larry Miller
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• If we are going to live as disciples of Jesus, we have to remember that all noble things are difficult.

  

  Oswald Chambers
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• I dream of land, cut only where streams glistened with birdsong wander through quiet hills burnt hard by the scrape of wind, and of a porch from which a single road leads only homeward.

  

  Nancy E. Turner
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• I am building a stairway to the stars. I have the authority to take the whole of mankind up there with me. That is why I write.

  

  Bessie Head
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• Oh great, socks. You know I'm dying for your sins right? Yeah, but thanks for the socks! They'll go great with my sandals. What am I, German?

  

  Jim Gaffigan
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• The euro is under pressure already today and this is adding to its problems.

  

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• I am not a writer, but I feel that when our production company is successful, we'll be able to give some young writers with fresh voices an opportunity to put their work out there.

  

  Viola Davis
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• You will resemble, tomorrow, the DOMINATING THOUGHTS that you keep alive in your mind today!

  

  Napoleon Hill
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• Then come on up. DO everyone a favor and shut me up," he said. "Put down your money, pick up that ball, and let it fly, looker." "I'd rather not" People laughed. He flapped his arms and squawked like a chicken "Afraid you can't throw that far?" "I know I can" He lifted his hat in a small salute to my claim. Blond curls slipped out, then he plopped the hat back on and said, "I dare you.

  

  Elizabeth Chandler
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• My feminism, as intended by me, extends to empowering women to make legal choices, not to judge the legal choices they make. My fight is for rights.

  

  Maajid Nawaz
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• A high-powered, successful woman doesn't necessarily have the same support behind her that a man in that position would. Plus, she's expected to be a domestic goddess, as well as the best wife, mother, friend, and lover. But it's not just in politics: you see it in acting, too, and in journalism.

  

  Raquel Cassidy
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• I never let them cough. They wouldn't dare.

  

  Ethel Barrymore
  • Dare
  • Cough