Ruth Gordon Quotes
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My husband and I click wedding rings sometimes and say, 'By the power of the Castle of Greyskull!'
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Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.
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I've been a fan of Burberry for a very long time and they've been so supportive of me for many years.
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I made a very slatternly mother, notably unkeen on housework, unaware that homes need to be cleaned now and then, and too often to be found with a cigarette in one hand and a drink in the other.
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I've got to be honest, there's no pleasure when you're working.
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I used to play all the time. I would play football when it was light and read when it was dark.
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Genius is a promontory jutting out into the infinite.
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Tennis is for me joy, nothing less than that.
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I need a vacation anyway. They fight me too much. I'm not going to be the one to back out of these fights.
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I just don't like to do a lot of the normal things expected of other artists. I'm not trying to be difficult; I'm just trying to stick with what it is I want to do.
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Mother was actually a great doer and organizer. All the special occasions were directed by mother.
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Things you create with your mind are always part of your postmortal life, whether they seem real or not.
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For goodness sake, will they hear, will white people hear what we are trying to say? Please, all we are asking you to do is to recognize that we are humans, too.
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I used to drive myself crazy by thinking, three days later, 'Ugh, why didn't I play it like that? Ugh, now that line makes sense to me.'
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At Yves Saint Laurent, I felt like the son-in-law - like I was part of the family, but not quite. When I was fired, I felt like the widow.
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I tried to look around to see what I wanted to do. Football was something I knew the most about.
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I've never really been a television watcher, so I never watch comedies.
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I want to run until I can't run.
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No one's ever told me I needed to get a facelift or anything.
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It is of the highest importance to provide equal access to the labour market. Governments should act to establish equitable employment standards and penalise racial discrimination.
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I loved going to the Chiang Kai Shek Memorial in Taipei to watch all the old Chinese people doing tai chi and practicing kung fu. The monument was made of white marble, and it was beautiful. Sometimes my dad and I would practice with them.
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The arts can open the door to the imagination, pushing the envelope of how peace can be created. It takes courage to take this kind of risk, and courage is what we all need to create a better world.
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I never got a job I didn't create for myself.
