Ruth Gordon Quotes
Life is getting through the moment. The philosopher William James says to cultivate the cheerful attitude. Now nobody had more trouble than he did -- except me. I had more trouble in my life than anybody. But your first big trouble can be a bonanza if you live through it. Get through the first trouble, you'll probably make it through the next one.
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The trouble is that, while my parents were great when they were apart, they were terrible together.
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In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism.
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In reality, I've always been an actor - since I was a kid. I did theater growing up in New York. I was always in the plays in school. I was either going to be an actor or an athlete or a soldier. Those were kind of the three paths that I always kind of embarked on.
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You have good days, you have bad days. But the main thing is to grow mentally.
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As it is, relationships are difficult, aren't they?
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Of course, I will continue acting. I just need to dispel the Telugu and Tamil cinema's insecurities about married actresses. I don't know about others. But I am not going anywhere after marriage.
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Even the most left-wing politicians worship wealth creation - as the political-action-committee collection plate is passed.
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All beautiful things in this world are because of women.
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I never called my work an 'art'. It's part of show business, the business of building entertainment.
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It made the most sense for us to select Sam Bowie. It was almost a no-brainer.
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I just think that pick-up lines in general are horrible. None of them work.
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Comic books are a big passion of mine.
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I think I am the same kind of person I would have been if I wasn't an actor. I am not a robot.
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The best revolutions are unplanned, and the most democratic are leaderless.
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There's nothing anyone can do about Tiger Woods but look at his game and swoon.
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I was instructor To the whole universe. I shall be until the judgement On the face of the Earth.
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How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
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He was once our trumpeter, now his bugle's dumb, Pile your arms beneath it, for the owlet light is come, We'll wander through the roses where we marched of old with Peterkin, We'll search the summer sunset where the Hybla beehives hum, And - if we meet a fairy there - we'll ask for news of Peterkin.
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I don't have a Rolls. I don't have a jet. That's not me.
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Cooking and eating at home is made even better by the fact that you don't have to worry about driving after a couple of bottles of very nice wine. For me that's the ideal combination: working hard and enjoying the fruits of your labour.
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I stole her heart away and put ice in its place.
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Science without respect for human life is degrading to us all and reflects a hollow and deceptive philosophy, a philosophy that we as a people should never condone.
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If we want happiness, I think we should follow classic Greek wisdom and live with areté. The word directly translates as 'excellence' or 'virtue,' but has a deeper meaning — something closer to 'expressing the highest version of ourselves.' When we're showing up fully moment to moment, there's no room for regret/anxiety/disillusionment, just a whole lot of happiness. Here's to getting our areté on!
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Life is getting through the moment. The philosopher William James says to cultivate the cheerful attitude. Now nobody had more trouble than he did -- except me. I had more trouble in my life than anybody. But your first big trouble can be a bonanza if you live through it. Get through the first trouble, you'll probably make it through the next one.
