Ruth Gordon Quotes
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Once Dwight Eisenhower makes up his mind, he's full of indecision.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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Since grief only aggravates your loss, grieve not for what is past.
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The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body.
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It gives me immense pleasure to be trustworthy, faithful, and true – to have the kind of romantic bond that inspires this.
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What hasn't Barbie been? I don't think I can create an occupation that she has not done yet.
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I never got good at predicting what millions of people will suddenly decide is rational.
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We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study.
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I know where I want to get to, and I know where I want to be still in my career.
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My mom told me if I ever got a tattoo, she was going to take it off with a potato peeler.
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Our duty was to try and find the Japanese fleet. We never did find the Japanese fleet and I am awfully glad, because they had attacked us there with six carriers, three battleships, 10 or 15 cruisers, and about 20 destroyers.
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I can easily sleep from nine to 13 hours a night.
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I just really allowed my muse to be my guide and I just go with whatever I'm feeling.
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I still live in Inglewood and have a great relationship with my Mexican family.
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I was into Batman. I was into Spider-Man.
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I am quite short, but that never comes across when I'm onstage in front of people. When I get offstage and greet an audience afterwards, their first reaction is to comment on my height because it seems like a very drastic difference.
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The U.K. crowds always have a lot of energy, and I've done some milestone shows there that I'm very proud of.
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The crowd can be a little different in some places. For example, in Europe, people tend to be very respectful. They try not to make too much noise at inappropriate times. In other countries, people can be very still. Sometimes I'm not sure if a crowd is into it until the end, when they usually want me to do something crazy for the encore.
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I don't sit there writing songs, thinking, 'This would be good for Rihanna.' I don't want to be pitching out like that.
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Animals praise a good day, a good hunt. They praise rain if they're thirsty. That's prayer. They don't live an unconscious life, they simply have no language to talk about these things. But they are grateful for the good things that come along.
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There is a growing sense among Americans outside the Beltway that while President Obama may be a good talker, he is a lousy manager.
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Your mental diet largely determines your character and your personality and almost everything that happens to you in life. When you feed your mind with positive affirmations, information, books, conversations, audio programs, and thoughts, you develop a more positive attitude and personality. You become more influential and persuasive. You enjoy greater confidence and self-esteem.
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Now that you're gone, it hit us, super hard on Thanksgiving and Chrismas, this can't be right, yo you heard the track I did called this can't be life
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The good that men do lives after them.
