Helen Gurley Brown Quotes
After you're older, two things are possibly more important than any others: health and money.
Quotes to Explore
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Don't assume that the answers are out there in the form of somebody else already doing something. Sometimes they are. But you have to think beyond that.
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The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.
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I'm most honest about writing when I'm talking to family or friends, not to newspapers.
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I always used to watch 'Labyrinth' and 'The Neverending Story.' Those were like my two favorite movies that I would watch over and over and over again.
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The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything.
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I try to stay consciously away from the roles of the girl who throws herself at the leading man, because I've done it a lot and I want to move on. I ticked that box.
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The drama and the trauma of the relationship you have when you're 16 can mirror the one you have when you're 26. Life repeats itself.
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Yancy is actually a Native-American name, but I'm Irish. Go figure.
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In the life of any actor or actress, there is inevitably a time when they will be eligible to act in a Tom Stoppard play. He has written a lot, and they are revived often, and there are so many characters of different ages that it was more likely I'd end up in something of his than that I wouldn't.
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'The Sisters Brothers' has endeared so many prize juries because the Western format has more of a broad appeal and is familiar to readers.
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In the end, our minds and their ability to create new ideas are the ultimate source of all human wealth. That's a resource nearly without limit.
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I think what makes our marriage work amid all the glare is that my husband is my best friend. He inspires everything in my life and enables me to do the best that I can. I want to hang out with him more than anyone.
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What once was an expression of who I was - acting - also became my hiding place.
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I did not set out to be a poster child for anything. I saw a mountain. I wanted to climb it.
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If it's boring, then it's tiring.
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Life consists with wildness. The most alive is the wildest. Not yet subdued to man, its presence refreshes him.
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I like to go on the court and have a little bit of information about my opponent.
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The trouble with Hollywood films is that they always have a pleasant ending.
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People who are emotionally adapt - who know and manage their feelings well, and who read and deal effectively with other people's feelings - are at an advantage in any domain in life, whether in romance and intimate relationships or picking up the unspoken rules that govern success in organizational politics.
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It's not a case of 'look at me in my car'; it's more, 'look at the car'. I like the idea of other people enjoying them, because everything has become a bit faceless and nobody likes the motor car any more.
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Live simply so that others may simply live.
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I am a writer who works from an outline. What I generally do when I build an outline is I find focal, important scenes, and I build them in my head and I don't write them yet, but I build towards them.
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After you're older, two things are possibly more important than any others: health and money.
