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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For the purposes of poetry a convincing impossibility is preferable to an unconvincing possibility.
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Recording 'Tusk' was quite absurd. The studio contract rider for refreshments was like a telephone directory.
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There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.
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You merely had an affair with me, to be exact, and therefore no right to prevent me from another affair.'
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Smoking sucks! The one thing I would say to my kid is, 'It's not just that it's bad for you. Do you want to spend the rest of your life fighting a stupid addiction to a stupid thing that doesn't even really give you a good buzz?'
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I've got my bag of goodies; I've got flaws coming out of every pore, but that's part of who I am. A bit of the process of life is learning to live with those things and accept yourself regardless. Maybe try to become a better person, either because of - or in spite of - those things.
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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.
