Ruth Gordon Quotes
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All my life, it's been the same with men. Being a woman who is famous and adored by men is very hard for any boyfriend to handle. All my boyfriends end up insecure.
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It's hard to have people talking about you and trashing you in the media and saying they think your career is over... and you are only 25.
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For clothes and accessories, I love my friend's boutique; One by One and UT.LAB for shoes.
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I don't make much distinction between being a stand-up comic and acting Shakespeare - in fact, unless you're a good comedian, you're never going to be able to play Hamlet properly.
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We expect President Bush to implement his own vision of a two-state solution, the birth of the Palestinian State and the ending of the occupation that started in 1967.
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When a single author uploading his own books to Amazon can earn more money than a large N.Y. publisher exploiting both print and e-rights, there's something amiss.
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When you speak directly at things and don't say you're going to try to do something or that you hope to do something, the universe will work with you. Think about it this way - a boomerang goes out and comes back to you if you throw it. If you throw it out at the universe, it will come back down to you on Earth.
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Your barber always knows everything that goes on in the town, doesn't he?
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Running is what keeps my weight down. I have to stay active or I could easily gain weight.
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Work is so much fun that it doesn't really seem like downtime when I'm not. But cooking, spending time with my family, friends and dog are what I'm usually doing when I'm not working on something.
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We have to tell people who need help that it's OK to ask for it.
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I'm a plodder, one foot in front of the other. Life is all about understanding that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. And it's your ability with how you deal with that adversity that ultimately affects your success.
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I like to do my own make-up.
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A lot of movies that come from Israel are about war, but there is such good, funny, rounded writing that comes from the country that I wish more people would discover.
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It's an endless proving of myself, that I really am a musician, that I have something to offer in the room. That women can be musicians, women can be rock stars, women can be more than an objectified idea of a pop star.
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I think most Americans don't really care about politicians bickering in Washington.
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Once an entitlement program has been created with millions of beneficiaries, it becomes almost impossible to repeal.
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I'm a big fan of, like, wearing old, vintage slips and stuff as outdoor wear. I got, like, a pair of these little silk bloomers. I think they were even, like, considered underwear in the '40s. I wore them as shorts the other day.
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I am especially fond of you.
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did you ever see anybody so disgusting: said lightning to thunder, "never" thunder growled thunder, "lets give him the works
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You're the only one in control over your golf ball. It's not like tennis: you're hitting a shot and somebody's hitting it back at you.
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I once asked Aragon, the historian, how history was written. He said, 'You have to invent it.' When I wish as now to tell of critical incidents, persons, and events that have influenced my life and work, the true answer is all of the incidents were critical, all of the people influenced me, everything that happened and that is still happening influences me.
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Many entrepreneurs resist to owing up to the conditions that created the shortcoming—conditions they themselves may have contributed to. They need to put ownership of the problem above the egotistical need of always wanting to look good. If they don’t, failure will result.
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Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by use.
