Ethel Merman Quotes
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With a woman of sophistication, class and modesty and refinement, I become a totally tongue-tied buffoon. I can't even look her straight in the face.
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Writers shouldn't have lives that are interesting. It gets in the way of your work.
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For me, California is all about rest, relaxation, space.
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Politics and ethics belong to different worlds.
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I wasn't an easy, happy-go-lucky girl because I used to think about everything so much, and I think I probably still do.
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We are all born into the world with nothing. Everything we acquire after that is profit.
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I've been writing for years, you know, and when I get to a particular place, city, or different locale, I find myself first of all being challenged by those that love me to write more.
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Even at school I studied ethics instead of religion.
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Forget market or publishers or whatever. Just write with fire and joy, and in my own experience, those are the stories of mine people have wanted to read.
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I don't necessarily need Hollywood.
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Today, people tend to credit me with having the original idea and made the first circuits.
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I love prints of skulls and bones and have some taxidermy - a crow and a rabbit - to remind me of home. I like art and have a big portrait of Bjork.
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Don't ever wrestle with a pig. You'll both get dirty, but the pig will enjoy it.
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God does not look at riches, titles, education, or beauty. There is only one thing that God does look at, and that is the soul.
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I'm the kind of person who wants to present my most honest, authentic self to the world, so I hide backstage and rehearse honest and authentic lines until the curtain opens.
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Study Bibles tend to circulate widely, so they play a disproportionate role in helping Christians and others understand holy Scripture. Further, many of our members have long used one or two other Study Bibles, and it is important that Christians not be tied too tightly to only one option, however good it may be.
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The true Christian is like sandalwood, which imparts its fragrance to the axe which cuts it, without doing any harm in return.
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It’s past time that people get involved in thinking – now that the computers can take over the field of memory.
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When you develop a reputation for being responsive and generous, an ever-expanding mountain of requests will come your way.
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It's like driving your car. If you drive too fast on the highway, you will topple, so you better maintain your speed. Life is similar to that, and that's the way you have to control your head.
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If you get something like 'Avatar,' it opens up a lot of big blockbuster doors.
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If you want to be a leader, go lead
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Cole Porter had a worldwide reputation as a sophisticate and hedonist.
