Eudora Welty Quotes
At the time of writing, I don't write for my friends or myself either; I write for it, for the pleasure of it.
Quotes to Explore
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I've had the experience of having a book praised but then it doesn't sell. Or not praised but then it sells.
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'The Outsiders' died on the vine being sold as a drugstore paperback.
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I love people, and the hustle.
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Conflict is very much a state of mind. If you're not in that state of mind, it doesn't bother you.
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I use more makeup now then I did before. I didn't use to wear really that much, and I didn't know how to do makeup, but now I know how to do it a bit more. I can do eyes and makeup in general more. I do like my own lipstick as well.
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It's the way you ride the trail that counts.
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I would be happy if people just called me an actor.
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Money is a kind of poetry.
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Capital punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life.
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What I do is I do my job.
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If I were to pray in Arabic, I'd pray to Allah. If I were to pray in English, I'd pray to God.
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Tattoos are like stories - they're symbolic of the important moments in your life. Sitting down, talking about where you got each tattoo and what it symbolizes, is really beautiful.
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I like 'Glee' a lot. It's kind of like my guilty pleasure.
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Never must the existence or the essence of man as a whole be made a stake in the hazards of action.
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Oil is like a wild animal. Whoever captures it has it.
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The last thing we need is women on TV hating each other.
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If you think about my filmography, I have never done a movie that a kid could go see, except for 'Iron Giant,' and I'm not even on the screen.
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I was on the improv team in high school, and after I graduated, I joined an improv company that had been established 10 years prior to me getting there. They did longform improv, and I fell in love with it. It's acting, character creation, collaborative, artistic expression and comedy - and it's scary. It was a big rush.
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These poor wretches were stolen from their homes, carried to a strange country, and sold to servitude, from which they sought to escape on the first occasion which offered.
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If a part terrifies me, that is definitely a reason to do it.
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I don't know about friends, but what time I spent with The Beatles they were very courteous to me.
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My golf swing is probably the most horrendous you've ever seen. I look like I'm trying to attack the ball.
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History furnishes thousands of examples of men who have seized occasions to accomplish results deemed impossible by those less resolute. Prompt decision and whole-souled action sweep the world before them.
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At the time of writing, I don't write for my friends or myself either; I write for it, for the pleasure of it.
