Ethel Waters Quotes
It has been an ache and a joy both to look over this big shoulder of mine at all my yesterdays.
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More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result.
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In Europe and the United States, you've got different systems to select candidates, and no system is perfect.
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As far as money goes, there's a saying in Denmark: 'Your last suit doesn't have any pockets.' You can't take it with you. You can make all the money you want, but who cares?
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Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers.
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I can memorise lines quickly. Knowing Telugu now has helped improve my performance.
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Abortion's a private decision. But I just think it shouldn't be federalized.
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Louie and Seabiscuit were both Californians and both on the sports pages in the 1930s. I was fascinated. When I learned about his World War II experiences, I thought, 'If this guy is still alive, I want to meet him.'
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There are certain men and women who, from the minute they step in front of a camera, that's exactly where they belong. Connery's one.
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I do try to keep my show very improvisational. I don't work off a set list; I like to keep it more in the moment. I like to have information about where I'm going, what might be happening in that particular region as well. I like for people to feel like the show is for them.
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The will of the people is the best law.
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We were so busy that we didn't have time to think about how terrible it was or - in fact it felt strangely natural.
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I don't come in with any preconceived ideas, and although I will have done some preparation, I can go which way the director wants.
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Everybody has busy lives, but you can tell people, 'Go outside and look at the night sky. We've been able to demonstrate that every star you see probably has a planet around it.'
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Like dreams, statistics are a form of wish fulfillment.
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More than anything, I realize I've been blessed to make great music.
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I'm not a good choreographer: I can't remember what I put down.
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I think cinema is linked to literature by a lot of social ways. Our brains are full of literature - my brain is.
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'Robopocalypse' joins a proud tradition of techno-apocalyptic tales, stretching from high-flying Icarus, to Frankenstein's monster, and to many a giant radioactive creature who has crashed the streets of Tokyo. And then, of course, there's the Terminator.
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My greatest reward is that I have been able to build this wonderful organization.
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To be able to make decisions and see them come to fruition and feel the excitement around them, what it generates within the company, how the artists get motivated - that's the most rewarding part; feeling I can be a catalyst for an artistic experience for our artists and for the public.
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You're doing it again. Using reason to argue faith. Can't be done. Like playing croquet with a crochet hook. Sounds something like the right tool for the job, but isn't.
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When I began we did not really have a lot of First Amendment law. It is really surprising to think of it this way, but a lot of the law - most of the law that relates to the First Amendment freedom of the press in America - is really within living memory.
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Yoga uses the body to discipline the mind and to reach the soul.
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It has been an ache and a joy both to look over this big shoulder of mine at all my yesterdays.
